In article <[email protected]>, Ralph Heinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > on my linux box there is a python version 2.7.5 installed in /usr/local. > > Now I want to install the newer version 2.7.9, but in a different directory > to avoid clashes with the current installation. > > What I did was: > > ./configure --prefix /usr/local/Python-2.7.9 --exec-prefix > /usr/local/Python-2.7.9 > make > make install
Configure arguments need to be specified with '='. Try instead: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Python-2.7.9 And --exec-prefix isn't needed in this case as it defaults to the value of --prefix. -- Ned Deily, [email protected] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
