Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
John Machin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. You need to set your path manually. A BAT file called pypath.bat placed somewhere on your PATH and containing: path c:\python%1;c:\python%1\scripts;%path% might come in handy. Warning: this is best used once each time you open up a command window; it's cumulative (Windows is not smart enough to remove duplicate entries) and there is a an upper limit (I believe) on the size of the PATH. Windows is only smart enough to avoid duplicate entries if you tell it to do that. e.g. PATH c:\python25;c:\python25\scripts;%PATH:c:\python25;c:\python25\scripts;=% will add the two Python 2.5 folders to the head of the path without duplicating them. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
Duncan Booth wrote: John Machin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. You need to set your path manually. A BAT file called pypath.bat placed somewhere on your PATH and containing: path c:\python%1;c:\python%1\scripts;%path% might come in handy. Warning: this is best used once each time you open up a command window; it's cumulative (Windows is not smart enough to remove duplicate entries) and there is a an upper limit (I believe) on the size of the PATH. Windows is only smart enough to avoid duplicate entries if you tell it to do that. e.g. PATH c:\python25;c:\python25\scripts;%PATH:c:\python25;c:\python25\scripts;=% will add the two Python 2.5 folders to the head of the path without duplicating them. Wow .. I didn't know that! What's the syntax? Something like %variablename[:oldtext=[newtext]]% ? Where is this documented? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
[Duncan Booth] Windows is only smart enough to avoid duplicate entries if you tell it to do that. e.g. PATH c:\python25;c:\python25\scripts;%PATH:c:\python25;c:\python25\scripts;=% will add the two Python 2.5 folders to the head of the path without duplicating them. [John Machin[ Wow .. I didn't know that! What's the syntax? Something like %variablename[:oldtext=[newtext]]% ? Yup. Where is this documented? From a DOS box (cmd.exe), enter set /? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
Hi all. Just curious, before I do it myself, about the best way to install 2.5 if it's the only version I want to use. Should I uninstall 2.4 first? Does 2.5 replace 2.4? I doubt the latter, but if I install 2.5, does that mean I need to reinstall all the extensions I had for 2.4 again, or does 2.5 detect them somehow? Thanks, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
John Salerno wrote: Hi all. Just curious, before I do it myself, about the best way to install 2.5 if it's the only version I want to use. Should I uninstall 2.4 first? if you don't plan to use it anymore, yes. Does 2.5 replace 2.4? no. I doubt the latter, but if I install 2.5, does that mean I need to reinstall all the extensions I had for 2.4 again yes. does 2.5 detect them somehow? no. extensions built for 2.5 are, in general, not compatible with extensions built for 2.4. /F -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
John Salerno wrote: Hi all. Just curious, before I do it myself, about the best way to install 2.5 if it's the only version I want to use. Should I uninstall 2.4 first? Does 2.5 replace 2.4? I doubt the latter, but if I install 2.5, does that mean I need to reinstall all the extensions I had for 2.4 again, or does 2.5 detect them somehow? Without an OS given, difficult answer. Generally, you can assume that there is no need to ditch one version because you use another, they don't interfer with each other. Only which one is perceived as current might change and alter some behavior. However, you have to install all extensions again, that is for sure. And most probably some of them won't work so far, as they might need some modification or at least time to make them available as binary. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: John Salerno wrote: Hi all. Just curious, before I do it myself, about the best way to install 2.5 if it's the only version I want to use. Should I uninstall 2.4 first? Does 2.5 replace 2.4? I doubt the latter, but if I install 2.5, does that mean I need to reinstall all the extensions I had for 2.4 again, or does 2.5 detect them somehow? Without an OS given, difficult answer. Generally, you can assume that there is no need to ditch one version because you use another, they don't interfer with each other. Only which one is perceived as current might change and alter some behavior. However, you have to install all extensions again, that is for sure. And most probably some of them won't work so far, as they might need some modification or at least time to make them available as binary. Diez Thanks for the answers guys. I'm using WinXP. I noticed that when I installed 2.5rc2, it wasn't automatically assigned as the default version of Python. I wasn't sure if this was just because it was an RC, or maybe I have to manually make 2.5 the default. But I will uninstall 2.4 first anyway, so it shouldn't matter. Can't wait to play around with it! :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
John Salerno wrote: Diez B. Roggisch wrote: John Salerno wrote: Hi all. Just curious, before I do it myself, about the best way to install 2.5 if it's the only version I want to use. Should I uninstall 2.4 first? Does 2.5 replace 2.4? I doubt the latter, but if I install 2.5, does that mean I need to reinstall all the extensions I had for 2.4 again, or does 2.5 detect them somehow? Without an OS given, difficult answer. Generally, you can assume that there is no need to ditch one version because you use another, they don't interfer with each other. Only which one is perceived as current might change and alter some behavior. However, you have to install all extensions again, that is for sure. And most probably some of them won't work so far, as they might need some modification or at least time to make them available as binary. Diez Thanks for the answers guys. I'm using WinXP. I noticed that when I installed 2.5rc2, it wasn't automatically assigned as the default version of Python. I wasn't sure if this was just because it was an RC, or maybe I have to manually make 2.5 the default. But I will uninstall 2.4 first anyway, so it shouldn't matter. 1. You need to set your path manually. A BAT file called pypath.bat placed somewhere on your PATH and containing: path c:\python%1;c:\python%1\scripts;%path% might come in handy. Warning: this is best used once each time you open up a command window; it's cumulative (Windows is not smart enough to remove duplicate entries) and there is a an upper limit (I believe) on the size of the PATH. 2. Re-installing purely-Python packages is highly desirable -- don't just copy existing files from 2.4. 3. Re-installing packages with a binary component (.pyd) on Windows is *essential* -- they won't work on a Python version other than the one whose libs they were linked against. I'd suggest that you uninstall 2.4 later if at all. Ensure that you have got all the extensions you want/need for 2.5 before you burn your boats. As Diez says in effect, there is no guarantee that any particular extension is available for 2.5 on Windows right now. Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Installing 2.5 with 2.4?
John Machin wrote: I'd suggest that you uninstall 2.4 later if at all. Ensure that you have got all the extensions you want/need for 2.5 before you burn your boats. As Diez says in effect, there is no guarantee that any particular extension is available for 2.5 on Windows right now. Thanks for the tips. As it turns out, all I really need for 2.4 is mysqldb, but since I don't see it for 2.5 yet, I'm keeping 2.4.3 around for now. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
