On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:40 AM, patrickwayodi <patrickway...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You should actually already have Python installed. Try typing 'python' >> at a terminal and see if it invokes the interactive interpreter. >> >> ChrisA > > > Yes, I have Python installed, but it's an old version. So I want to > upgrade to "Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2".
Ah gotcha. I believe you can 'sudo apt-get install python2.7' - at least, you can on the Ubuntu system next to me. Not sure though; I build my Python from source straight from Mercurial. What you have there, I think, is a source code snapshot. You'd need to extract it and then do the usual incantation: $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install If you don't have the compiler/build environment set up, you'll have to do that first. If you aren't too concerned about the exact version you get, the above apt-get line should get you a stable Python in the 2.7 branch. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
