install package in a particular python version

[Ben Finney]

Steve1234 <sflennik at comcast.net> writes:

> I installed the boto module in my Ubuntu system using "python setup.py
> install" and it installs in my python2.6 version and works great.

That's because your ‘python’ command is doing the same thing as if you'd
typed::

    $ python2.6 setup.py install

The Python 2.6 interpreter knows where its ‘site-packages’ path is, and
so ‘setup.py’ in turn knows where to put files.

> Now I want to install boto into my python2.5 version

Invoke the specific Python interpreter you want::

    $ python2.5 setup.py install

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Ben Finney