Brian van den Broek wrote: > Not knowing much about the details of linux and less about Debian, my > googling hasn't yielded much that settles things. I have found out > that stable ships with 2.3.5. I imagine it should be straightforward > to upgrade to 2.4.2. Am I correct? Any other Debian/Python issues I > should know about?
There are packages for Python 2.3.5 (python2.3-*) and packages for Python 2.4.2 (python2.4-*). There are also metapackages (python-*) that just depend on the python2.3-* versions. I think you might be able to set /usr/bin/python (which on Debian stable is Python 2.3.5) to be Python 2.4.2 via the "alternatives" mechanism, but I forget. Take a look at the Debian Python Policy document. In any case, you can always get Python X.Y with /usr/bin/pythonX.Y . http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ You will probably also want to install python2.4-dev so you can build and install packages with distutils. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list