On Apr 18, 9:00 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > In article > <f2a25d72-5e21-498a-95a4-59045f158...@r37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > > Generally speaking, you should never directly update the system Python; > most Linux systems these days rely on Python for their operation. > Instead, you install an additional copy of Python, and you cannot use > your OS package management to install modules; just install the modules > manually.
Agreed. I tend to keep my own Python installation in ~/opt, and then use the usual `python setup.py install` to install modules. You just need to make sure you have $HOME/opt/py/bin in your $PATH before the system python (or else explicitly specify `~/opt/py/bin/python setup.py install` when you install modules). If your *system* Python needs modules, you install those with your OS package management utility. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
