how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python
Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.
webe3vt at aim.com
Tue Apr 29 14:53:13 EDT 2014
On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 11:35 -0700, Ned Deily wrote:
> In article <1398785310.2673.16.camel at belmer>,
> "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." <webe3vt at aim.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to do what I want to do (i.e. install 2.7.6 beside 2.7)?
>
> The usual way to support multiple micro versions is to build and install
> to a different location on your system by using:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/new/path
>
> There is nothing magical about /usr/local or /usr other than that
> /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are usually included in default $PATH. If
> you use a non-default prefix, it's also probably best to avoid using
> --enable-shared to minimize the chances of confusion with shared library
> loading.
>
> --
> Ned Deily,
> nad at acm.org
>
Yes, I already use --prefix to build to a different path. I guess that
is what I need to do but I would rather have a way to have the build and
install process install to the micro level.
Brent
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