Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-27 Thread Steve Holden
DragonSlayre wrote: > > On Jan 27, 4:11 pm, Steve Holden wrote: > >> DragonSlayre wrote: >> >> >>> On Jan 27, 3:15 pm, Steve Holden wrote: >>> DragonSlayre wrote: >>> How do you do this? >>> >>

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-27 Thread shaleh
On Tue Jan 27 12:12 , DragonSlayre sent: > >Thanks Waylan - http://achinghead.com/archive/83/installing-multiple-versions-python/ >is just what I needed. > >Thanks Shaleh, > >I appreciate the detailed explanation :) >Yes - the shell is something that I have to get more familiar with - >I've

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-27 Thread DragonSlayre
Thanks Waylan - http://achinghead.com/archive/83/installing-multiple-versions-python/ is just what I needed. Thanks Shaleh, I appreciate the detailed explanation :) Yes - the shell is something that I have to get more familiar with - I've only really recently started using ubuntu for

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-27 Thread shaleh
> >On Mon Jan 26 17:51 , DragonSlayre sent: > >> >> >> >>On Jan 27, 1:41 pm, sha...@speakeasy.net> wrote: >> >>> Does this help? Found via google and ubuntu >forums.https://launchpad.net/~doko/+archive >>> >>> Sorry, I run Debian (which ubuntu is based on), I just apt-get install all >>> of the

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-27 Thread shaleh
On Mon Jan 26 17:51 , DragonSlayre sent: > > > >On Jan 27, 1:41 pm, sha...@speakeasy.net> wrote: > >> Does this help? Found via google and ubuntu forums.https://launchpad.net/~doko/+archive >> >> Sorry, I run Debian (which ubuntu is based on), I just apt-get install all >> of the >>

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-27 Thread waylan
On Jan 26, 7:28 pm, DragonSlayre wrote: > Ok, well I reinstalled ubuntu. > > It'd still be good to know how to change python versions easily, if > anybody knows how to do this - it seems like it's not documented > anywhere :( A little while back I wrote up how I installed

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread DragonSlayre
On Jan 27, 4:11 pm, Steve Holden wrote: > DragonSlayre wrote: > > > On Jan 27, 3:15 pm, Steve Holden wrote: > > >> DragonSlayre wrote: > > How do you do this? > > http://www.swc.scipy.org/lec/shell02.html > > regards >  Steve WOW, that explains it

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread Steve Holden
DragonSlayre wrote: > > On Jan 27, 3:15 pm, Steve Holden wrote: > >> DragonSlayre wrote: >> That's most easily done by controlling your PATH so the the version you >> want to prefer is found first when python is called for. >> >> regards >> Steve >> > > How do you

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread DragonSlayre
RE Steve - I tried earlier to change the PYTHONHOME variable (seen in the man pages - http://linux.die.net/man/1/python), the python path urls changed, but they were a bit screwed up. The way I changed it was by editing the .bashrc (hidden) file in my home directory. I think I wrote something

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread DragonSlayre
On Jan 27, 3:15 pm, Steve Holden wrote: > DragonSlayre wrote: > That's most easily done by controlling your PATH so the the version you > want to prefer is found first when python is called for. > > regards >  Steve How do you do this?

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread Steve Holden
DragonSlayre wrote: > > On Jan 27, 1:41 pm, wrote: > > >> Does this help? Found via google and ubuntu >> forums.https://launchpad.net/~doko/+archive >> >> Sorry, I run Debian (which ubuntu is based on), I just apt-get install all >> of the >> available python versions

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread DragonSlayre
On Jan 27, 1:41 pm, wrote: > Does this help? Found via google and ubuntu > forums.https://launchpad.net/~doko/+archive > > Sorry, I run Debian (which ubuntu is based on), I just apt-get install all of > the > available python versions and then run /usr/bin/python to

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread shaleh
On Mon Jan 26 16:28 , DragonSlayre sent: > >Ok, well I reinstalled ubuntu. > >It'd still be good to know how to change python versions easily, if >anybody knows how to do this - it seems like it's not documented >anywhere :( Does this help? Found via google and ubuntu forums.

Re: How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread DragonSlayre
Ok, well I reinstalled ubuntu. It'd still be good to know how to change python versions easily, if anybody knows how to do this - it seems like it's not documented anywhere :( --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

How to change python version in ubuntu???

2009-01-26 Thread DragonSlayre
Hi, I've made a total mess of python (I installed python2.6 from source, installed python 2.6 from an installer (http://jaredforsyth.com/ content/install-python-26-ubuntu)). The source version installed into /usr/local/, and the installer version installed into /usr/. After installing python