On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Wolodja Wentland <wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 12:02 +0100, roberto wrote: >> hello, i am using lenny and i need to install >> - python 2.6 and 3.0 > > You don't want to install 3.0 but the newest release of Python 3 which > would be Python 3.1.1, or is there another reason why you need exactly > 3.0? sorry for the confusion i was pointing to the 3.x release of python, not a version in particular; the last one is good for me; i need also the last stable 2.6 version for back-compatibility reasons with other softwares built upon it
>> Is there any way to get them working under debian lenny ? > > Sure. You can compile them yourself. Python 2.6 and 3.1.1 will install > itself into /usr/local and will therefore not interfere with any Debian > packaged Python release. > > You should make sure to delete /usr/local/bin/python though so that '#! > /usr/bin/env python' will still resolve to /usr/bin/python . This is > necessary because there might be some programs packaged by Debian that > do not declare the Python version they need to run with explicitly if > they won't run under another version as the one currently shipped in the > Debian release. (2.5.4) > > The situation in regard to '#!/usr/bin/python" vs "#!/usr/bin/env > python" is not yet resolved in Debian and there might be a couple of > packages in Debian that install scripts with the "#!/usr/bin/env python" > shebang even if they won't work with 2.6. These packages should have > "#!/usr/bin/env python2.5" or "#!/usr/bin/python2.5". > > I would prefer all programs installed via the package manager to use > "#!/usr/bin/env python[X.Y]" instead of "#!/usr/bin/python[X.Y]" because > that would mean that I could use them regardless of the Python version > "env python" resolves to in the currently configured environment. your point of view seems rather good ... i' ll take a better look into this problem and give my 2cents to the community > > If you feel the same write a mail to the debian-python list and tell > them about *your* needs. -- roberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
