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?

upgrade python

2011-08-23 Thread Ronald Reynolds
What is recommended for upgrading python for windows? Do I just install the new versionDo I edit my system path? Should I uninstall the old version.  Right now I have 2.7 and3.1  and 3.2  and I keep editing my system path when I install a new version but I'm notsure that's the right way to go.  

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) <*>

upgrade python

2010-05-18 Thread packet
Would it be safe to upgrade from python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5 without hurting the 2.6.4? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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

Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

2010-05-10 Thread Werner F. Bruhin
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? If I install to a new folder all is well, but I would have

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

Upgrade Python on a Mac

2009-03-02 Thread Rey Bango
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.python.org/download/ wil

how to upgrade python on centOS 5.2

2008-06-28 Thread weixiao.fan
on how to upgrade python to 2.5+ version on centos 5.2? thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.3 to 2.4

2007-04-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Apr 20, 3:21 am, Ramashish Baranwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 20, 2:03 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Red hat 4 comes with python 2.3, and I am trying to upgrade to python > > 2.4. So I download and compile the source of python2.4. > > > But as I run

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.3 to 2.4

2007-04-20 Thread Ramashish Baranwal
On Apr 20, 2:03 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Red hat 4 comes with python 2.3, and I am trying to upgrade to python > 2.4. So I download and compile the source of python2.4. > > But as I run it I get the following error, can you please tell me how > to fix it? > > # /

How to upgrade python from 2.3 to 2.4

2007-04-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Red hat 4 comes with python 2.3, and I am trying to upgrade to python 2.4. So I download and compile the source of python2.4. But as I run it I get the following error, can you please tell me how to fix it? # /root/src/Python-2.4.4/python ./nov/scripts/stressTestServlet.py ./ nov/scripts/str

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-22 Thread John Nagle
Facundo Batista wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>i am using red hat enterprise 4. It has python 2.3 installed. What is >>the best way to upgrade to python 2.4? Very carefully. All the C libraries that work with Python are version-dependent. Joh

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-22 Thread jim-on-linux
On Thursday 22 March 2007 15:18, Facundo Batista wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i am using red hat enterprise 4. It has > > python 2.3 installed. What is the best way to > > upgrade to python 2.4? > > > > I think one way is to compile python 2.4 from > > the source, but I can't remove the o

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-22 Thread Facundo Batista
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am using red hat enterprise 4. It has python 2.3 installed. What is > the best way to upgrade to python 2.4? > > I think one way is to compile python 2.4 from the source, but I can't > remove the old one since when i do 'rpm -e python', i get error like > 'failed depe

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-09 Thread Paul Boddie
On 8 Mar, 22:13, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i am using red hat enterprise 4. It has python 2.3 installed. What is > the best way to upgrade to python 2.4? By installing a version from the source packages available from python.org. > I think one way is to compile pyth

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-08 Thread ying lcs
On 3/8/07, Sick Monkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, sorry I should have added more data. > You will need to go to rhn.redhat.com and either download the RPM or get the > url. > > So you would do: > (1) download the rpm to your home directory > rpm -Uvh nameOfRPM > > or > (2) grab the url > rp

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-08 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Hi, > > i am using red hat enterprise 4. It has python 2.3 installed. What is > the best way to upgrade to python 2.4? > > I think one way is to compile python 2.4 from the source, but I can't > remove the old one since when i do 'rpm -e python', i get error like > '

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-08 Thread Sick Monkey
Yeah, sorry I should have added more data. You will need to go to rhn.redhat.com and either download the RPM or get the url. So you would do: (1) download the rpm to your home directory rpm -Uvh nameOfRPM or (2) grab the url rpm -Uvh http://urlOfRPM either way should update your python. Dont

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-08 Thread ying lcs
On 3/8/07, Sick Monkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried to upgrade the current python RPM? > > rpm -Uvh > > You can also build from source. Once you get Python 2.4 up and running I am > pretty sure you can do a symbolic link on the python 2.3 application (either > in /usr/bin or /u

Re: What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-08 Thread Sick Monkey
Have you tried to upgrade the current python RPM? rpm -Uvh You can also build from source. Once you get Python 2.4 up and running I am pretty sure you can do a symbolic link on the python 2.3 application (either in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin) and point it to the 2.4 python file. On 8 Mar 2007

What is the best way to upgrade python?

2007-03-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, i am using red hat enterprise 4. It has python 2.3 installed. What is the best way to upgrade to python 2.4? I think one way is to compile python 2.4 from the source, but I can't remove the old one since when i do 'rpm -e python', i get error like 'failed dependencies'. Thank you for any ide

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-24 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Tim Roberts wrote: > Further, as I understand it, Python 2.4 extensions can be built with the > free "express edition" compiler from Microsoft. or MinGW. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-23 Thread Tim Roberts
Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:55:53 GMT, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed >the following in comp.lang.python: > >> Having learned that lesson the hard way, I now keep a directory with zips >> and tarballs for all of the add-ins I have installed, and

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-22 Thread Steve Holden
Tony Meyer wrote: >> At the moment SourceForge is only listing one (UK) mirror for mingw, and >> that seems to be down. I'm guessing something is broken, since I know it >> used to be much more widely available. > > > Only one mirror (Kent) is available for any project. It's been like > this

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-22 Thread Tony Meyer
> At the moment SourceForge is only listing one (UK) mirror for > mingw, and > that seems to be down. I'm guessing something is broken, since I > know it > used to be much more widely available. Only one mirror (Kent) is available for any project. It's been like this for nearly a day now, a

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-22 Thread Steve Holden
Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Kenneth Long schrieb: > >>> Okay if one builds such from sources... but us poor >>>Windows flunkies >>>without a build environment have to wait for some >>>kindly soul to build >>>the installer compatible with the new Python >>>version. >>> >> >>especially since I have

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread casevh
> > The link for pexports-0.42h.zip is broken so I cant > test it on an extension. > pexports is only needed for Python 2.3. It is not required for 2.4 or 2.5. casevh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread Kenneth Long
> > mingw32 is supported and can compile many > extensions. See the following > post: > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8e2260fe4d4b7de9 > > If you meant something else with your comment, > please explain. > thanks for the reference.. I just got the latest source for pyt

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread casevh
Anthony Baxter wrote: > On 21 Oct 2006 21:39:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mingw32 is supported and can compile many extensions. See the following > > post: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8e2260fe4d4b7de9 > > > > If you meant something else

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Kenneth Long schrieb: >> Okay if one builds such from sources... but us poor >> Windows flunkies >> without a build environment have to wait for some >> kindly soul to build >> the installer compatible with the new Python >> version. >> > especially since I havent got MS visual studio... > and

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread Anthony Baxter
On 21 Oct 2006 21:39:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mingw32 is supported and can compile many extensions. See the following > post: > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/8e2260fe4d4b7de9 > > If you meant something else with your comment, please explain.

Re: Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread casevh
Kenneth Long wrote: > > Okay if one builds such from sources... but us poor > > Windows flunkies > > without a build environment have to wait for some > > kindly soul to build > > the installer compatible with the new Python > > version. > > > especially since I havent got MS visual studio...

Fwd: Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread Kenneth Long
> Okay if one builds such from sources... but us poor > Windows flunkies > without a build environment have to wait for some > kindly soul to build > the installer compatible with the new Python > version. > especially since I havent got MS visual studio... and mingw is not supported... :-(

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-21 Thread Tim Roberts
"Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >> I just want to upgrade my python version from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4,do I need >> to uninstall python 2.4.3 first ? >> >> I'd rather not to do so, because I have installed some other python >> packages for python2.4.3. > >You don

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > I just want to upgrade my python version from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4,do I need > to uninstall python 2.4.3 first ? > > I'd rather not to do so, because I have installed some other python > packages for python2.4.3. You don't have to uninstall. Installing "on top" will work ju

Re: How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-19 Thread Fredrik Lundh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just want to upgrade my python version from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4,do I need > to uninstall python 2.4.3 first ? afaik, no. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

How to upgrade python from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4 ?

2006-10-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I just want to upgrade my python version from 2.4.3 to 2.4.4,do I need to uninstall python 2.4.3 first ? I'd rather not to do so, because I have installed some other python packages for python2.4.3. Thanks. xiaojf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to upgrade python on Redhat?

2005-03-09 Thread Paul Boddie
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > 2) Give up and install python 2.4 in /usr/local. This leaves me in the > awkward situation of having to ensure that all our in-house scripts, > all the time use /usr/local/bin/python. Or, as recommended, use

Re: How to upgrade python on Redhat?

2005-03-09 Thread David Fraser
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This question applies specifically to RHEL 3.0 (actually Whitebox), but also generally to Redhat and probably pretty much every distribution that uses python for distribution-related tasks (configuration managers, rpm package management, yum, etc). So I want to upgrade to p

How to upgrade python on Redhat?

2005-03-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This question applies specifically to RHEL 3.0 (actually Whitebox), but also generally to Redhat and probably pretty much every distribution that uses python for distribution-related tasks (configuration managers, rpm package management, yum, etc). So I want to upgrade to python 2.4 on Whitebox 3.