On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, David wrote:

> I need to have python version 1.5.2
> 
> How do I tell what version I have? Is there a generic way of discovering
> versions? 
> 
> At a superficial observation, it looks like I have two versions installed
> (1.5 and 1.5.2) but I think <python> invokes the older version.
> 
> sorry for the dumb question

rpm -qa | grep python

dazza@fred:~ > rpm -qa | grep python 
python-1.5.2-173 
dazza@fred:~ >

> btw:
> 
> $ man python
> No manual entry for python

Hmmm. Works for me. Maybe we didn't install it with your installation.

Try

info python

instead. If not, we'll need to locate the RPM for the manual and install
it.

If you can't find it, I'll email the RPM for python and the manual to you.

DaZZa



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