Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

[Steve Holden]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Nico Grubert wrote:
> 
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I'd like to install Python 2.3.5. on a 64-Bit OS (Suse Linux Enterprise 
>>Server 10) on an AMD Opteron 64-Bit machine.
>>I have to use Python 2.3.5.
>>
>>Do I need a special source archive or can I use "Python-2.3.5.tgz" from 
>>http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.5/Python-2.3.5.tgz ?
>>
>>Is there anything special I have to care about or is installing Python 
>>on a 64 Bit OS just as easy as installing it on a 32-Bit OS?
>>
> 
> More recent versions of Python have incorporated much more support for 
> 64-bit architectures. 2.5 is about to be released (I believe it should 
> be out in the next 24 hours), and I'd recommend that over the older 
> version you are considering.
> 
Correction: it's out NOW!

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