Paul Osman wrote: > On 18-May-06, at 10:30 AM, D wrote: > > > I'm sure this is an easy question for most here, but it's throwing me > > for a loop at the moment - I need to upgrade RHEL 3 with the latest > > version of Python. I downloaded the source and installed, but we're > > still having problems (i.e. some Python apps don't work, Add/Remove > > Applications console errors out and doesn't open, etc.). My guess is > > that it's using old libraries or otherwise conflicting with the old > > Python version, but I'm not sure how to remove the original version. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > RHEL uses python for distro specific tools pretty extensively iirc. > I'd stay away from source installs and stick to rpms / yum / > up2date / whatever RH uses these days. > > Cheers, > > Paul Osman > http://www.eval.ca
You can also use 'make altinstall' This does everything but symlink to python, so you can still run (for example) python2.4 to start your scripts. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
