Re: upgrade python

2011-08-23 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/23/2011 6:09 PM, Ronald Reynolds wrote: What is recommended for upgrading python for windows? Do I just install the new version I put each version in its own Pythonxy directory, as the installer wants. x.y.z bug fix releases replace the previous x.y release. Do I edit my system path?

Re: upgrade python

2010-05-18 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/18/2010 9:47 PM, Aahz wrote: In article, packet wrote: Would it be safe to upgrade from python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5 without hurting the 2.6.4? Define "hurting". Generally speaking, it's always safe to upgrade a point release, but you should replace the previous version. The default action

Re: upgrade python

2010-05-18 Thread Aahz
In article , packet wrote: > >Would it be safe to upgrade from python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5 without hurting >the 2.6.4? Define "hurting". Generally speaking, it's always safe to upgrade a point release, but you should replace the previous version. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*>

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-12 Thread Michel Claveau - MVP
Hi! If you are under Vista, or Windows 7, have you unactivate UAC, before the update? @+ MCI -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-12 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
On 11/05/2010 23:13, Martin v. Loewis wrote: When will it install into system32? When you install "for all users". Did the upgrade inform you that it was an upgrade, or did it warn you that you would overwrite the previous installation? It warned me that there is a previous

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> If we install over an existing version of Python 2.6.5, will our PTH > files and site-packages be preserved? > > Or do we need to back out our 3rd party packages, install Python 2.6.5 > and then manually restore our 3rd party packages? An upgrade installation will only replace the Python files,

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-11 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/11/2010 5:27 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: Martin, If we install over an existing version of Python 2.6.5, will our PTH files and site-packages be preserved? Or do we need to back out our 3rd party packages, install Python 2.6.5 and then manually restore our 3rd party packages? In my exp

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-11 Thread python
Martin, If we install over an existing version of Python 2.6.5, will our PTH files and site-packages be preserved? Or do we need to back out our 3rd party packages, install Python 2.6.5 and then manually restore our 3rd party packages? Thank you, Malcolm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-11 Thread Martin v. Loewis
> When will it install into system32? When you install "for all users". >> Did the upgrade inform you that it was an upgrade, or did it warn you >> that you would overwrite the previous installation? >> > It warned me that there is a previous installation. Hmm. You don't remember the exact m

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-11 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
Martin, Thanks for the quick reply. On 10/05/2010 22:25, Martin v. Loewis wrote: Werner F. Bruhin wrote: Just upgraded on my Windows 7 machine my copy of 2.6.4 to 2.6.5. However doing sys.version still shows 2.6.4 even so python.exe is dated 19. March 2010 with a size of 26.624 bytes. Is

Re: Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-10 Thread Martin v. Loewis
Werner F. Bruhin wrote: > Just upgraded on my Windows 7 machine my copy of 2.6.4 to 2.6.5. > > However doing sys.version still shows 2.6.4 even so python.exe is dated > 19. March 2010 with a size of 26.624 bytes. > > Is this a known issue? Or did I do something wrong? Look at the copy of python

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-30 Thread Graham Dumpleton
On Mar 31, 3:07 am, 7stud wrote: > On Mar 3, 4:01 am, Graham Dumpleton > wrote: > > > > > On Mar 3, 8:53 am, Rey Bango wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard > > > on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot > >

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-30 Thread 7stud
On Mar 3, 4:01 am, Graham Dumpleton wrote: > On Mar 3, 8:53 am, Rey Bango wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard > > on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot > > in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding o

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-16 Thread Aahz
In article , Jorgen Grahn wrote: > >\begin{whine} > >Why is Python a "Framework" under "Libraries"? In any other Unix, a >third-party Python installation would have been placed in /usr/local/ >or /opt/. Also, editing a user's dotfiles while installing software >seems cruel and unusual -- to tha

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-04 Thread Jorgen Grahn
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:47:51 +1100, Python Nutter wrote: ... > PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:${PATH}" > export PATH ... > If you have ever looked at your Mac?s root directory and wondered what > some of those other directories are for, you?re probably not alone. >

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-03 Thread Graham Dumpleton
On Mar 3, 8:53 am, Rey Bango wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard > on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot > in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding of the process. > > If I download the disk image installe

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-03 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Wes James schrieb: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Rey Bango wrote: Hi, I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding of the process. I'd recommend

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Python Nutter
from my .profile file in ~ # This file does not get executed because .bash_profile exists in the home directory # and that gets executed instead. If .bash_profile did not exist then this file gets executed # PN hand edit export PATH to process the most recently installed Python Framework # otherw

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Rey Bango
Thank you Robert. Since I'm using a ~/.profile file instead of a ~/.bash_profile file, I guess the installer didn't update it. I just updated the path like you mentioned and now the new version of Python comes up. Rey... On Mar 2, 6:18 pm, Robert Kern wrote: > The installer should update your $

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Robert Kern
On 2009-03-02 17:06, Rey Bango wrote: Thank you Kevin (& all who replied). The next question (which I think will be my last until I've read more info) is: Once installed, how will I be able to distinguish between the OSX Apple-supplied, preinstalled version and the newly installed version that

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Rey Bango
Thank you Kevin (& all who replied). The next question (which I think will be my last until I've read more info) is: Once installed, how will I be able to distinguish between the OSX Apple-supplied, preinstalled version and the newly installed version that I downloaded from Python.org? Currently,

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread MRAB
Rey Bango wrote: Hi, I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding of the process. If I download the disk image installer from here: http://www.pytho

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Kevin Walzer
Rey Bango wrote: Hi, I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding of the process. If I download the disk image installer from here: http://www.pytho

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Ned Deily
In article <50ca1bd0-b8d5-478c-aeaf-dd2b83187...@j38g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, Rey Bango wrote: > I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard > on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot > in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding of

Re: Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Wes James
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Rey Bango wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to upgrade the installed version of Python that came standard > on OS X (Leopard) with either 2.6.1 or 3.0.1. Before I stick my foot > in it, I just wanted to get a better understanding of the process. I'd recommend you put your