Hi Andy,
> Behalf Of Andy Dani > > Python 2.3.2 came with the linux distribution which is located in > /usr/lib. > > Installed 2.4.1 in /usr/local/Python-2.4.1 > > updated /etc/profile path so IDLE or "python" would point to the > latest version (2.4.1). > > PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/Python-2.4.1/:." > export PATH > > But it is still pointing to the old one unless I go > /use/local/Python-2.4.1/python. > > I want to be able to launch and run python 2.4.1, from the user > account so I do not need to be "root" every time. The default install of python on Mandrake probably install the python executable in /usr/bin/python. /usr/bin/ is in your PATH, so if you put PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/Python-2.4.1 in /etc/profile it will still pick up the default python install. Try typing 'which python' at the command line and see what it picks up. Chances are it will be /usr/bin/python. You could solve this by either putting PATH=/path/to/my/wanted/python/dir:$PATH in /etc/profile (or ~/.bash_profile) or by putting an alias in ~/.bashrc, such as 'alias python='path/to/my/wanted/python/dir/python'. What I must stress is that you do not overwrite your default python installation, leave it as it is, otherwise many of mandrakes GUI tools will no work. I hope that helps, feel free to ask more questions about this as I have had to overcome the same issue on RHEL serveral times. Hth, Nick . _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
