Wow....so, I started off trying those suggestions and nothing really helped...I decided to go ahead and do the --force-depends option on dpkg -r....I did the same for python2.4...what I should have done is remove the -minimal packages...but instead of thinking I just went through and removed all the /usr/lib/python2.* directories and /etc/python2.* directories....that was not smart...so I tried to install python 2.5 again but I got some more errors...I installed from source but this didn't really help since dpkg needs to see the package is installed...I tried using apt-get source and building it from that but that didn't install either...so I went and got the seperate debian files off of ubuntu's site...those wouldn't install either so I went with the python2.4 files....those installed...yay! I was getting somewhere...then I downloaded all the 2.5debs and tried to install...well...I didn't get the SAME error but I still got errors...it said that /usr/bin/python was not pointing to the debian default of python2.5...great that helps since I am trying to INSTALL 2.5....so I had a look at the script and it was reading the debian default from a file...I went to the file and changed it from python2.5 to python2.5and crossed my fingers....there were a ton of errors when it installed and configured through dpkg but none of them broke it....woot!!!! it seems everything is working now....I will cross my fingers and maybe think and search a little more before I play around too much in the future....
thanks On 9/7/07, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > -------------------- 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
