On Monday 18 May 2009 20:52:52 Sverre wrote: > I'm using Ubuntu and some of the packages in the repository are too > old. So I got the thought to remove nearly all packages downloaded > from the repository and install them with easy_install. Is this a way > to go without greater problems?
If you're installing as root probably this will cause a dependency nightmare. Installing any file in the filesystem without using a package manager (deb/rpm) will garantee these files will be overwritten on the next update/upgrade (it can be triggered also by another package). Regards, Antonio -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
