Baishampayan Ghose writes:
[...]
> You won't be able to remove python-2.6 because of dependencies, but
> you can install python-2.5 and make it the default by using the
> `update-alternatives` command
> (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/man8/update-alternatives.8.html).
[...]
Won't
Hi..
> # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.6 1
> # update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.5 10
> # update-alternatives --config python
Thanks its working ..
Did I learn something today? If not, I wasted it.
>> # update-alternatives --config python
>>
> Ganesh:~# update-alternatives --config python
> update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for python.
Hmm, in that case, you might need to do something like this but YMMV -
# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.6 1
Thanks for u r kindly mail,
I have tried u r suggestion I got output..
> It would be something like (after installing python-2.5) -
>
> # update-alternatives --config python
>
Ganesh:~# update-alternatives --config python
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for python.
-Ganesh.
Did I l
> I want to remove Python 2.6 from my computer, or at least change the
> default python to 2.5. When I try to remove Python 2.6 through the
> package manager, it asks me if I want to remove about 200 other
> things, which I don't want to do. Things that only support Python 2.5
> (like vim.. etc) tr