Re: problem installing python 2.6.2 from tarball

2009-07-01 Thread Pablo Torres N.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 16:16, Paul Simon wrote: > I have just finished going through the usual ./configure, make, etc. and now > have a load of stuff in my home directory that I think doesn't belong there. > Apparently I did the installation from my home directory (linux) and have a > directory  in

Re: problem installing python 2.6.2 from tarball

2009-07-01 Thread ptn
Sounds like you untarred directly into your home dir. You're OK if you delete those, they are the sources, although you should do so only after uninstalling, just in case. To unistall, follow this thread from the list from a while ago: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-December/29

problem installing python 2.6.2 from tarball

2009-07-01 Thread Paul Simon
I have just finished going through the usual ./configure, make, etc. and now have a load of stuff in my home directory that I think doesn't belong there. Apparently I did the installation from my home directory (linux) and have a directory in my home directory "Python2.6.2" with subdirectories