On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 16:28 -0400, Darrell Michaud wrote: > I've had excellent luck installing new versions of python alongside > whatever comes with the distribution. This insures nothing in the > distribution breaks, while giving you as a developer access to late > breaking features. > > Redhat-esque distributions have a pattern of renaming the python > executable to python24, python25, etc.. and then symlinking one of them to > "python". You can follow this pattern if you wish or just use a completely > seperate installation try like /opt/python25 > > I haven't run into any library or directory collisions with this method, > just install to a unique directory of your choosing such as "python2.5.2", > then set your projects to use a PYTHONPATH environment variable to match > the python installation that you wish to develop with. Typically you can > set this via an IDE, shell scripts, makefiles, ant, or even manually.
Yes, it is easy to write fresh code against the new Python version. Installing other packages and then converting them to use the new Python is more of a nuisance. Perhaps I gave up too easily, but I eventually decided life was simpler when I stuck with a distribution that had the "right" Python version for my needs. > > > > > > Labitt, Bruce wrote: > > I'm thinking off blowing away my python2.4 from my distro and compiling > > Python 2.5.2 which is the latest stable version. That way I can make > > sure what I have - and what options. Even my setuptools is old and I > > cannot use easy_install on some stuff. It is quite frustrating. I'm > > having little success in getting some 3D python stuff to work. Actually > > it almost works - but that isn't good enough. I do get the image, it > > can rotate, pan and resize, I just can't save the image. The code works > > on my crummy windoze laptop, but not on my 'more capable' linux box. > > Arggh. > > > > Is there a reason (or reasons) that this would be unadvisable? I have > > Scientific Linux 5.2, which is a clone of RHEL 5.2. > > > > Or to open an old can of worms, am I much better off to go to a more > > bleeding edge distro? I think I'm about ready for it. Something about > > having access to the much more modern versions of nearly everything is > > becoming more appealing everyday. > > > > -Bruce > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp. 1 Court Street, Suite 378 Lebanon, NH 03766-1358 voice: 603-653-8139 fax: 320-210-3409 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
