> > 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
Thanks Mike, that's great -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
