Used the packaged Windows (win2k) installs of Python and all components I described. Not a C guy, no compiler, minimal knowledge about them.
Dave Merrill "Anthony Baxter" wrote: > > Newb question: Is it possible/recommended to have multiple versions of > > Python installed simultaneously? Earlier, I installed 2.4rc1, and a number > > of things in my 2.3.3 install stopped working. Are there known techniques > > for managing multiple versions? > > If you're building from source, use 'make altinstall' rather than > 'make install'. > This will install Python as $prefix/bin/python2.4, and leave the > 'python' executable > alone. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list