On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:28:55 -0700, BobAalsma wrote: > I think I've installed Python 2.7.3 according to the instructions in the > README, and now want to use that version. However, when typing "python" > in Terminal, I get "Python 2.6.4 (r264:75821M, Oct 27 2009, 19:48:32) ".
Did you run "make altinstall"? You should, because it is a bad idea to replace the system Python with a newer (or worse, older) version. You can break things. > So: > (1) I can't seem to find where the new software has gone Just enter "python2.7" instead of "python" and it should work perfectly. > and (2) can't > seem to find how to point to this new versoin. I've searched Python.org You won't find it there *wink* At the terminal, enter: which python2.7 which should return the full path to the executable, e.g.: [steve@ando ~]$ which python2.7 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 My system uses Python 2.4 as the system Python, but I prefer to use Python 2.7 as my default. So I have this command in my .bashrc file: alias python='python2.7' which means that *for me*, "python" launches Python 2.7, but when system tools call "python" they still see the version they are expecting. If your shell is something other than bash, you may need to use a different rc file. Did any of this make sense to you? If anything was unclear, please don't hesitate to ask. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
