On Dec 9, 10:04 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, why do you think apt and not setuptools is The Right Way(tm)?
I like to keep > 1 Python on my computer. 1. First, there's the system Python, which is installed by my OS and which I try not to mess with too much. I'm guessing Ubuntu uses this Python for various system jobs, preferences apps, etc. I try to only use apt with *this* Python. 2. Then there's my *own* Python. Maybe installed in ``/opt/py-i.j.k, or---more likely---``~/opt/py-i.j.k``. *This* is the one where I've previously made regular use of setuptools and ``easy_install``. If I break this one somehow, it doesn't foul up my system Python in any way, and it's easy to scrap it and start anew if I like. So, I'd like to get my *system* Python back to its "fresh out of the Ubuntu showroom" condition and remove *that* setuptools. As an aside, I'm a bit struck by how long the setuptools/easy_install manuals are, and a bit dismayed at the lack of an easy_install uninstall command. Thinking of trying life for a while without setuptools/easy_install. Will have to see how far I get. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
