On Fri, 31 May 2013 08:20:54 -0700, Νικόλαος Κούρας wrote: > I'am using CentOS v6.4 on my VPS and hence 'yum' install manager and i > just tried: > > Code: > root@nikos [~]# which python /usr/bin/python root@nikos [~]# which > python3 /root/.local/lib/python2.7/bin/python3 root@nikos [~]# which > python3.3 /root/.local/lib/python2.7/bin/python3.3 root@nikos [~]# > > Why so many pythons in my system. > Now in the case of my Python3 installation, it looks like i have two > parallel installations of Python3, but i don't. One is almost certainly > a symlink to the other and not an actual installation. > > I'm thinking of: > > yum remove python yum remove python3 yum remove python3.3 > > and > > yum install python3.3.2 from scratch. > > I'm sceptic about uninstalling python 2.x though. Seems to me as a bad > idea because most of the core system utilities are written in Python > 2.6+. Yum, for example, is a collection of Python 2.6 programs. If i > actually do "yum remove python" i will see most of my core system get > listed in the uninstall dependency list -- which is a Bad Thing. > > But then again i dont like the idea of having too many Python into my > system. > What is you opinion?
Do not "Yum Remove Python" as you suggest this will remove vital system tools. I have both Python 2.7 & python3 (Python 3.3) on my Fedora system with no problems so i would not worry -- No question is so difficult as one to which the answer is obvious. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
