Updating Python...Newbie alert!
Chris Liechti
cliechti at gmx.net
Tue Mar 5 16:08:56 EST 2002
"Mr.Lee" <mrlee at davesupply.com> wrote in news:n3ah8.112697
$Hu6.28510292 at typhoon.neo.rr.com:
> Hi all,
> Being quite new to Linux, I am having a bit of a problem
> when it comes to updating my installed version of Python(1.5.2) to
> the version that I have now(2.2).
> My problem is that I compiled Python in the directory that
> I downloaded and now I don't know where to put all of the files
> that were generated! It works, I ran the tests and it all came out
> fine, but I just don't know where to put the files for maximum
> efficiency.
usualy one does "./configure;make;make install" and the "make
install" places the files where they belong (in subdirectories of
/usr/local/ usualy)
chris
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