Updating Python...Newbie alert!

[Chris Liechti]

"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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Chris <cliechti at gmx.net>