Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > Does python install fairly easily for a non-root user? > > > > I have an ssh login account onto a Linux system that currently > > provides Python 2.4.3 and I'd really like to use some of the > > improvements in Python 2.5.x. > > > > So, if I download the Python-2.5.2.tgz file is it just the standard:- > > > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME > > make > > make install > > > IIRC there's something like make altinstall - but you'd better read the > doc (INSTALL.txt anyone ?) > Well it seems to work perfectly! :-)
I just did the usual sequence as noted above and I seem to have a working Python 2.5.2 of my very own. I didn't need 'make altinstall' because I don't need to be able to see the existing Python 2.4.3. It takes a few Mb of disk space but since my free quote is 3Gb or something that doesn't really worry me. I'm impressed, well done Python developers. -- Chris Green -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
