Andy Leszczynski wrote: >Hi, >I run Mandrake 10.0 with python 2.3 installed by default. I want to keep >it as it is but need another, very customized Python installation based >of 2.3 as well. I would prefer to have it the way it is on Windows, one >folder e.g. /opt/mypython with all the stuff under that. It would be >unlike that standard installation where everything is scattered across >/usr /bin/ /.../doc. That way I can easily tar it and distribute to >whatever machine I want. > >How can I achieve that? Please help, Andy > > Download the source, untar, cd to the new directory, run:
./configure --prefix=/opt/mypython make make install HTH, JMJ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list