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Albert-Jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joel Goldstick <[email protected]> > To: Albert-Jan Roskam <[email protected]> > Cc: Python Mailing List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 3:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Tutor] what is the easiest way to install different Python > versions? > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> (sorry for cross-posting, sort of) >> >> A few days ago I needed to check whether some Python code ran with Python > 2.6. What is the easiest way to install another Python version along side the > default Python version? My own computer is Debian Linux 64 bit, but a > platform-independent solution would be best. >> >> Possible solutions that I am aware of >> >> -make altinstall *). This is what I tried (see below), but not all modules > could be built. I gave up because I was in a hurry >> -Pythonbrew. This project is dead >> -Deadsnakes >> -Anaconda >> -Tox? I only know this is as a cross-version/implementation test runner >> -Vagrant. This is what I eventually did, and this was very simple. I ran > Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS, which uses Python 2.6, and used Vagrant SSH to run and > check > my code in Python 2.6 (and I replaced a dict comprehension with a list > comprehension, for example) >> - ... >> >> What is the recommended way? I don't expect/hope that I'd ever need > something lower than Python 2.5 >> >> > > Using virtualenvwrapper is easy and isolates your environment > > http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html But then it's still required that Python 2.6 is installed on my system, right? This seems to confirm this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1534210/use-different-python-version-with-virtualenv (I like the --python or -p flag of virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper though) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
