On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:45:51 -0700, sam wrote: > Hi.. > > I'm looking to install dual versions of python 2.3, 2.4 on the same box. > I'm trying to figure out if there's something I'm missing, some kind of > gotchas that I haven't seen. > > I'm also trying to figure out how to allow my script to determine which > version to use??? > > Thanks
Here's one that tripped me up... I altered the symlink at /usr/bin/python to point to Python 2.2 which I installed in my home folder (see below for the reason.. in case you are wondering) this broke some packages in my distribution (Ubuntu). I could see the broken packages, and didn't need them anymore, but I was unable to remove them as the removal scripts were (presumably) python 2.4+ Much head scratching at the time. Neil. Reason - I had written some CGI scripts and tested them thoroughly on my localhost version of the site. However I uploaded the files, and some of them didn't work, my sites server (not under my full control) runs Python 2.2, so I downloaded 2.2, and made it default so that localhost used this version so I could retest and ammend etc.. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list