Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-14 Thread Anssi Saari
Christian Heimes writes: >> Mea culpa, forgot that. Yes, use altinstall. Although it's probably >> not a problem to replace 2.6.6 with 2.7.2 - I doubt that'll break many >> things. > > Except that all 3rd party extensions and packages are missing if you > install Python manually. True, they woul

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread Christian Heimes
Am 05.12.2011 17:28, schrieb Chris Angelico: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> Generally speaking, unless you are an expert, you should not use make >> install when installing Python from source, because it will replace the >> system Python with the newly installed one.

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread Christian Heimes
Am 05.12.2011 17:23, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: > The trickiest part for me is ensuring that tkinter works correctly. After > installing Python from source about a dozen times now, I still don't know > why sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. sudo apt-get build-dep python2.7 Done ;) Howe

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Generally speaking, unless you are an expert, you should not use make > install when installing Python from source, because it will replace the > system Python with the newly installed one. > > Instead use `sudo make altinstall` Mea culpa,

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:51:21 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:40 AM, patrickwayodi > wrote: >>> You should actually already have Python installed. Try typing 'python' >>> at a terminal and see if it invokes the interactive interpreter. >>> >>> ChrisA >> >> >> Yes, I have Py

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:40 AM, patrickwayodi wrote: >> You should actually already have Python installed. Try typing 'python' >> at a terminal and see if it invokes the interactive interpreter. >> >> ChrisA > > > Yes, I have Python installed, but it's an old version. So I want to > upgrade to "Py

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread patrickwayodi
> You should actually already have Python installed. Try typing 'python' > at a terminal and see if it invokes the interactive interpreter. > > ChrisA Yes, I have Python installed, but it's an old version. So I want to upgrade to "Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinf

Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:53 AM, patrickwayodi wrote: > Hi, > How can I install Python on Debian GNU/Linux? I downloaded the file > "Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2" but I don't know how to install it. You should actually already have Python installed. Try typing 'python' at a terminal and see if it invokes

How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

2011-12-05 Thread patrickwayodi
Hi, How can I install Python on Debian GNU/Linux? I downloaded the file "Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2" but I don't know how to install it. Patrick. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list