[Tutor] can't install

[Lolo Lolo]

On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Tobias M. <tm at tobix.eu> wrote:

> ./configure --prefix=<prefix>
>
> where <prefix> is a custom path (e.g. in your home directory) where you want
> to install python. You can configure without the --prefix option, but if you
> just want to use this python installation for virtuelenvs I would install it
> separate from the rest of the system.
>
> Then you can build and install Python:


Hi Tobias can i just ask. As i already have Python 3.3, when i install this separate version of 3.3, will there be a conflict on the command line when i type python3.3? This install i want just for virtualenvs but i wonder if it would replace my other 3.3 as the default on the command line?



On Wednesday, December 25, 2013 1:46 PM, Lolo Lolo <losermeloser at yahoo.com> wrote:
 
>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Tobias M. <tm at tobix.eu> wrote:
>> Is this the error you get when executing distribute_setup.py?
>> urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error unknown url type: https>

Thank you so much Tobias. And yes, that was the exact error message 


>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> But the good news is that all this should become history from Python 3.4
>> onwards, there are plans to include pip in 3.4.

also thanks Steven. I'll definately upgrade to Python 3.4
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