Rene Pijlman wrote: > John Salerno: >> Can anyone tell me how complicated it might be to install Python on my >> server so I can use it for web apps? > > 2 on a scale from 1 to 10. > >> Is it a one-time process, or something to maintain? > > Both :-) > > I installed Python 2.2 - 2.4 from source on Linux with no problem > whatsoever. I now plan about 5 minutes installation time per new release, > that's 2 minutes to make coffee, 2 minutes to skim the release notes and > README and 1 minute to watch ./configure; make; make install do it's > magic. > > There are some details to watch out for, such as having the required > libraries and include files around before installation, to enable specific > functionality (e.g. SSL support in socket). But that's no big deal. >
Hmm, sounds easy, yet I don't know where to start. What do I actually use to install it onto the server? I've never dealt with server stuff before, so I might not be familiar with the terminology. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
