On 9/7/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/6/07, Brandon Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, I have got quite a problem here...I don't know what is going on. I > have > > a machine running Ubuntu 7.04 for work. At work we have been using > > python2.4for a bunch of stuff but now are moving things to > > python2.5. Well, all the while to enable updates to work I have had to > > switch the symbolic link to python from python2.4 to 2.5. Well, today I > > switched the symbolic link to point to python2.5 and when I start python > it > > brings up python2.4....so I did an ls -l on the /usr/bin directory and > > python was linked to python2.5. So I started python by just typing > > python2.5....and it brought up python2.4.....python2.5 does not show a > link > > to anything, it is just a binary executable file.... > > Type 'type python' and 'type python2.5' to see if they are aliased or > something. > > Bryan
Some other queries that might provide some helpful insight: # show which package the executable belongs to dpkg -S /usr/bin/python dpkg -S /usr/bin/python2.5 dpkg -S /usr/bin/python2.4 # list files belonging to package dpkg -L <package> Bryan (not a debian expert) -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
