On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:06 PM, <cclpia...@comcast.net> wrote: > My main question is "How do I get the downloaded version to replace what's > on my system?
Don't; leave the system copy alone, there are system components that use it. > As it is, I can open the IDLE and it verifies I have installed version 2.61. > But when I run a dir() request it spouts the version is 2.3. Confusing... I don't understand that; what is a dir() request? What is spouting? Please be more specific and show the actual text. > Further I DL'ed the .tar which decompressed to a .dmg file. The 2.61 folder > is currently on my Desktop, where I process most of my downloads. Do you mean the installed Python in on your desktop, or the .dmg file, or what? It should not install to the desktop. > And finally, this is amazing stuff. Yes :-) Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
