Is it possible to install Python on a network?
We are using Python in a large setup. Individual users are running Debian machines. When I want to install/upgrade Python for all users, I really want to do it centrally rather than every user having to upgrade on their own. Many software packages are installed this way. However, I could not figure out any way to do this with Python. How can I do this? Thank you. Koushik Roy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Is it possible to install Python on a network?
Emile, thanks for the quick response. Does this mean Python cannot be or should not be installed at a central location? If so, what is the root cause for this? - Koushik -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Is it possible to install Python on a network?
Dan, Thanks for the information. So, one option is to build Python from source code to be able to install "/where/ever/..." I still wonder why there is no distribution package for *ix that contains binaries/libraries that can be installed "/where/ever/..." Or, may be there is - I just don't know - but I want to know. - Koushik On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:51:06 PM UTC-4, Dan Stromberg wrote: > > Back when I was a sysadmin, I would install CPython to a few different > > NFS filesystems for hundreds of machines to use (more than one > > filesystem because we had about 5 *ix variants - you probably only > > need 1). It's just a matter of "./configure --prefix=/where/ever && > > make && make install" once you have the build dependencies. > > > > It worked fine, but if you symlink you get into trouble because Python > > can't find it's default module path where it expects; symlinking can > > require a wrapper that sets an environment variable - I believe it was > > $PYTHONPATH. > > > > Perhaps it would be appropriate to ask: Why are you wondering if it works? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Is it possible to install Python on a network?
Ben, I am trying to find out how I can install Python on a central machine so that all users can use it, rather than using /usr/local/bin/python. ( I am talking about unix/linux platform ) Since, I do not know the answer, I was asking if Python can/can't/should/shouldn't be installed on a central machine. Hope that clarifies. Thanks, - Koushik On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 12:18:18 AM UTC-4, Ben Finney wrote: > > > > > Does this mean Python cannot be or should not be installed at a > > > central location? > > > > Can you explain better what you mean by this? > > > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
