It's not a newbie distro by any means, but i am very fond of Arch Linux. It has 3 versions of python available. Currently,
python24 2.4.6-1 python 2.6.2-1 python3 3.0.1-1 are all very simple to install in Arch. I have 2.6 and 3.0 both installed. [cro...@veronica ~]$ python --version Python 2.6.2 [cro...@veronica ~]$ python3 --version Python 3.0.1 [cro...@veronica ~]$ installing python3 is as simple as : pacman -S python3 Once configured and setup, Arch provides an awesome platform for python. I am a bit biased though :) ymmv On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:22 AM, W W <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Michael Bernhard Arp Sørensen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> <snip> >> I just wished that Python was upgraded in the distros. If I want to play >> with Python3, I will need to compile it my self and specify which Python >> interpretor to use in each Python file. But this is a small problem. <snip> > > In Ubuntu Jaunty(?)- 8.11 I believe- you can apt-get the python3 package (or > whatever you use). I think there's also a python 2.6 package and the default > is python 2.5. > > I'm assuming you use terminal, and if so you can setup aliases in your > .bashrc to go into whatever "mode" you want. Just add these lines to your > .bashrc > > alias pymode3='alias python="python3"' > alias pymode1.6='alias python="python1.6"' > > I forget if/how to change ipython between versions of python though. You'd > just have to put similar aliases in your bash file. > > HTH, > Wayne > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
