On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Vincent Vande Vyvre <vincent.vande.vy...@telenet.be> wrote: >>> The link /usr/bin/python *MUST* point to the 2.7.3 version, if not, >>> restore >>> it. >> >> It does. When he installs pip via apt, it manages his original 2.7.3. >> Anything that explicitly shebangs to /usr/bin/python will be >> unaffected by this. >> >> ChrisA > > > Not sure, when the OP enter python into a terminal he have: > > peter@sirboris:~$ python > Python 2.7.12 (default, Dec 11 2016, 22:16:38) > > So, python point now to the new one. No? VVV
So when you type 'python' at the command line, it searches $PATH. But you don't need to worry about system scripts; they'll use an explicit "#!/usr/bin/python", which means they'll keep running 2.7.3. (Unless, of course, the goal of upgrading was actually to change the system Python, in which case you want to do things _very_ differently.) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
