Python 2.7 Debian 6.0. Squeeze

[Jorge Romero]

Actually came back with some feedback to my own question.

The following repositories do the job:

# /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib

$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install python2.7
$ python --version
Python 2.6.6
$ python2.7 --version
Python 2.7.1+

If you need 2.7 as default runtime:

$ update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 10

This is the first time I need two Python instances, so might helpful for
someone in the same position. Any further help feel free to reply.

Cheers.

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Jorge Romero <jorgeromero178 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My machine is running Debian Squeeze so my default Python runtime is 2.6.6.
>
> According to Python docs *optparse* library is deprecated and the
> development will be moved to *argparse*, which is new in Python 2.7.1. So
> now that I'm about to write a script that parse command line arguments
> thought would be a good idea to do the transition right now, besides the
> good comments about this version.
>
> I tried Googling about Python 2.7 on Debian Squeeze, but did not find
> anything but discussions -.-. Anyone out there that can point me some
> helpful material or anyone who had luck running 2.7 on Debian?
>
> Thanks in advanced.
>
> --
> Jorge Romero
>
>


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Jorge Romero
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