On Mar 21, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Chuck Robey wrote:
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I've just decided to update my Pythonn skills. First step was to
decide what
version to base my learning effort on, and I decided on 2.6. The
problem is, my
FreeBSD python port level is 2.5. I know perfectly well how to
build/install
the python26 port, but a couple of questions first:
1 -- can python25 and python26 coexist, or should I consider
deleting the
python25 port?
You can only have one symlink for /usr/local/bin/python Other than
that the two installs coexist just fine. The real problem is the
random py-whatever ports. They select which python install to use
based on PYTHON_VERSION, which is python2.5 unless overridden. The
problem comes when they don't drop everything in /usr/local/lib/
pythonX.Y/site-packages, but rather go in to /usr/local/bin or whatnot.
So the procedure I generally use is, install python 2.5, install all
my py-whatever ports, install python 2.6, then set
PYTHON_VERSION=python2.6 n /etc/make.conf, then go back in to the py-
whatever port dirs and do a make clean install -
DFORCE_PACKAGE_REGISTER This needs some testing on your part to
ensure the ports don't overlap or scribble on each other. Hand
mangling may be needed, or better yet, install the two versions in
different jails or chroots.
2 -- is there some helper utility (perhaps part of some port) that
accomplishes
the library compatibility updating, all of the other python updating
problems,
for when you update? I'd want to use such a tool for keeping my
python site-dir
stuff done right.
3 -- what's the port which I need to have pre-installed, in order to
insure that
python26 has tkinter working in it?
x11-toolkits/py-tkinter
4 -- if I want to use eclipse to write my code in python, is the
Pydev the
correct eclipse plugin to use?
Thanks, guys.
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Josh Paetzel
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