Feb. 19, 2008
12:30 a.m.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 12:42:53AM +0100, my list wrote:
I installed python2.5 from source next to the standard debian python2.4 into /usr/local/lib/python2.5, redirect the link /usr/bin/python to /usr/local/bin/python2.5.
Unlike Fedora or RedHat, Debian does not require one particular version of Python with any given version of the distribution - you don't have to compile your own. You should be able to "sudo aptitude install python2.5" and wind up with /usr/bin/python2.5 along with /usr/bin/python2.4. If you're using the Debian-packaged versions of Twisted, they should automatically be available from Python 2.5 as well (no mucking around with installing special python2.5-twisted packages).