On 9 April 2011 17:44, Nevins Duret <dur...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Compiling with Ubuntu > > # get required packages for buildsudo apt-get install build-essential > libncursesw5-dev libreadline5-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev > libsqlite3-dev tk-dev > # get sourcewget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.2/Python-3.2.tgz && tar > -xvf Python-3.2.tgz > # make install > ./configuremakesudo make altinstall > # make 3.2 the default python system wide (number 1 at the end stays > there)sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python opt/py32/bin 1 > # ensure various versions of python play nice with each othersudo > update-alternatives --config python > > > Again I really appreciate your help, getting over this hurdle would help me > be confident in what goes on under the hood. > At this point, it seems that I will need instructions on how to remove > python3.2 in order to get a reattempt at installing it > properly. > > > OK... It's usually preferable if at all possible to install things using the system's package manager -- is there any particular reason that you must use Python 3.2 and can't install Python 3.1.2, which is available in the repositories? It may be installed by simply doing:
sudo apt-get install python3-all As for fixing/undoing any problems in your system -- I'm reluctant to try and fix that via this list and without more information. I'd therefore suggest asking on the Ubuntu community forums programming sub-forum. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=310 Walter
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