Install python in a different directory, use $prefix for that. Change PATH value accordingly<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/4/5 sanam singh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sanamsingh@hotmail.com">sanamsingh@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>

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<span style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(68, 68, 68)"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Hi,</span></p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">I am using ununtu 9.10. I want to  install  a version of Python that was compiled with debug symbols.</span></p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">But if I delete python from ubuntu it would definitely stop working . And python comes preintalled in ubuntu without debuggi
 ng symbols.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">How can i install python with debugging symbols ?</span></p>

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Thanks.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal">

<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regards,</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sanam</span></p>

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