Being a new'ish user to both Linux and Python, I've been 'happily' learning Python (2.3) with Idle and Tkinter as installed with Mandrake 10. Thought I would try installing Python 2.4 (to completely replace 2.3) (first time I've tried installing anything from source)
Followed the readme file (all done from my 'home' directory), tar -zxvf Python-2.4.tgz ./configure make make test (2 skips unexpected on linux2:test_bz2 test_gdbm) make install Although I wasn't sure about some of the directory references, 'type "./configure" in the current directory' 'type "make" in the toplevel directory'. All seemed to work without any errors, but starting Python from Idle or a console displays the same statup text, Python 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 17 2004, 11:45:40) [GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)] on linux2 'which python' shows /usr/bin/python, and this file has not been updated Is there something else I should do? Also 'IF' I get 2.4 working, will Tkinter/Idle need any additional installation work, or is it all done through the Python 2.4 installation -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list