On 12/22/05, Martin Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just compiled python 2.4.2 to test out freeze (works nicely btw), and
> did a "make install" figuring there would be  "make uninstall" or "make
> remove" but there wasn't. I captured the output of make install into a
> very long text file, and it looks like it only put things in
> /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib so I moved those somewhere else.
>
> The wierd thing is that running "python" now defaults to /usr/local/lib
> rather than /usr/bin like it used to. I reinstalled the deb packages of
> python 2.3 and python 2.4 and no use. I copied /usr/bin/python to
> /usr/local/bin and it works, I'm just wondering if everything has been
> remove. How can I check this?

if you've
1. erased all the files installed
2. run rehash

it shouldn't be happening.

item 2 causes your shell to reindex the executable files in it's $PATH
if your shell is bash you ran rehash by typing '#' all by itself.

you can check by running 'which python'
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