Install.: downgrade 2.2 to 2.1.3. or additionally?

[Florian Konnertz]

Richard Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 8 May 2002 16:58, Florian Konnertz wrote:
> 
>>I got python 2.2. installed by the linux slackware distro.
>>I want to use Zope, it requires 2.1.x.
>>Is there anything to take care of, when installing a second python,
>>respectively do I have to deinstall the old one?
> 
> 
> Python 2.1 and 2.2 will live side-by-side on a linux machine - they install 
> their libs in /usr/lib/python2.1 and /usr/lib/python2.2.
> 
> The most important thing to watch out for is the python executable itself 
> (typically /usr/bin/python).
> 
> To have both installed, make a copy of /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python2.2 - 
> then you'll be able to run apps using 2.2 with that binary. Once 2.1 is 
> installed, move it to /usr/bin/python2.1 and symlink whichever is more 
> convenient to /usr/bin/python. You should be able to get zope to start up 
> using /usr/bin/python2.1 if you want to keep /usr/bin/python symlinked to 
> 2.2.

I did it that way, use only p2.1 now,
Many thanks for the really quick answer,

Have a nice day,
Florian