How to configure and install Python

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ignacio at openservices.net
Fri Sep 21 23:03:43 EDT 2001


On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Ken Jacobs wrote:

> Hi all,
> I ended up re-installing Linux as somehting got trashed and it would not
> boot up anymore. I took John's advice and used the Workstation option even
> though this is on a laptop. The GOOD news is that thanks to all this great
> help I got the Python installed. The BAD news is that at the command line
> when I type Python, it still shows version 1.5.2 even after a re-boot (I
> installed the latest version 2.2a3, I think). Any clues? The new version is
> in a directory below /user/src. Does it have something to do with the PATH?

Try typing python2.1 or python2.2 depending on what version(s) you have
installed.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio at openservices.net>





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