Curious wrote: > Ubuntu comes pre-installed with Python2.6 but this python installation > is a 32 bit installation.
For 64 bit Ubuntu you are mistaken: $ file /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python2.6: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped > I do the following to know if the current python installation is 32- > bit or 64-bit: This is what I do: >>> import ctypes >>> ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p) 8 Roger -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
