On Sunday, October 12, 2014 7:06:14 PM UTC+5:30, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > Hi, > > A few days ago I needed to check whether some Python code ran with Python > 2.6. What is the easiest way to install another Python version along side the > default Python version? My own computer is Debian Linux 64 bit, but a > platform-independent solution would be best. > > > > Possible solutions that I am aware of > > > > -make altinstall *). This is what I tried (see below), but not all modules > could be built. I gave up because I was in a hurry > > -Pythonbrew. This project is dead > > -Deadsnakes > > -Anaconda > > -Tox? I only know this is as a cross-version/implementation test runner > > -Vagrant. This is what I eventually did, and this was very simple. I ran > Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS, which uses Python 2.6, and used Vagrant SSH to run and > check my code in Python 2.6 (and I replaced a dict comprehension with a list > comprehension, for example)
Hearing a bit about docker nowadays. Here's why its supposedly better than a VM: https://www.docker.com/whatisdocker/ Downsides?? No idea! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
