In article <548dcac1-fa00-4fc1-81d1-ccae28caf...@googlegroups.com>, Ralph Heinkel <ralph.hein...@web.de> wrote: > on my linux box there is a python version 2.7.5 installed in /usr/local. > > Now I want to install the newer version 2.7.9, but in a different directory > to avoid clashes with the current installation. > > What I did was: > > ./configure --prefix /usr/local/Python-2.7.9 --exec-prefix > /usr/local/Python-2.7.9 > make > make install
Configure arguments need to be specified with '='. Try instead: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Python-2.7.9 And --exec-prefix isn't needed in this case as it defaults to the value of --prefix. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
