It's pretty easy to do: mkdir /usr/local/python2 ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/local/python2/python export PATH=/usr/local/python2:$PATH
as one quick kludge Aaron Held wrote:
I like leaving it as Python, I also run apps on Gentoo linux, windows, and FreeBSD where python2.2 is python.
But you are right, this will cause grief for most new users, specially ones w/ hosted linux server - most of which are RedHat
-Aaron
Stuart Donaldson wrote:
On RedHat 7.3, python is version 1.5.2, but they also install python2 and
python2.2 which reference python version 2.2.
However, the Webware system launches python via one of the following
techniques.
#!/usr/bin/env python
-or-
#!/usr/bin/python
-or as in AppServer-
/usr/bin/env python
All are references python without the version numbering. The options using
"/usr/bin/env" are overridable by inserting a directory containing the 2.2
version of python as "python" at the beginning of your path. However, the
absolute reference version is not modifiable.
I see this as a problem area for a new person trying to install webware.
But what is the best general solution?
RedHat obviously hasn't seen fit to abandon python1.5.2, many of their
configuration scripts use python.
+Should Webware use "python2"? Is this standard in most python
installations?
+Should the install.py script (which detects an incorrect version) be
updated to change the invocation commands to python2 if necessary?
+Should the PATH override be the standard way to do this, and the
"/usr/bin/python" references be upgraded to "/usr/bin/env python"?
I need to resolve this for myself, in my use of Webware. However I would
rather use, or at least be compatible with whatever the general solution to
the problem is.
---
Stuart Donaldson
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