I have a very technical reason for doing this, having to do with building a package for Python (the Visual module) that depends on a library not part of the Ubuntu distribution, and not wanting to disturb the regular Python installation.
Bruce Sebastien Bacher wrote: >why do you need to install python to /usr/local? You should stick the >packages of the distribution > > > -- Many errors in gedit after upgrading from breezy to dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/48308 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
