Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Being a new'ish user to both Linux and Python, I've been 'happily' > learning Python (2.3) with Idle and Tkinter as installed with Mandrake > 10. > All seemed to work without any errors, but starting Python from Idle > or a console displays the same statup text, > > Python 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 17 2004, 11:45:40) > [GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)] on linux2 > > 'which python' shows /usr/bin/python, and this file has not been updated > > Is there something else I should do?
The default install location for python is /usr/local, not /usr. You can change your PATH so that /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin, and then you'll get the new Python. BTW, installing a new python doesn't "completely replace" the old python on Unix systems. Python installs everything but one file in directories that include the version number, so that people (mostly developers) can keep multiple versions around with no problem. The one exception is bin/python, which is a hard link to the last python you installed. If you look, you'll find /usr/lib/python2.3, /usr/include/python2.3, /usr/local/lib/python2.4, /usr/local/include/python2.4, /usr/bin/python2.3, /usr/local/bin/python2.3, /usr/bin/python (the same as /usr/bin/python2.3) and /usr/local/bin/python (which is the same as /usr/local/bin/python2.4). If you want, you can rebuild python with: ./configure --prefix=/usr make install and it will put the directories in parallel with the old ones, instead of putting them in /usr/local. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
