[Tutor] ubuntu hassles.

[Kodiak Firesmith]

Hello Matthew,
You likely want to investigate the Linux "Alternatives" system which
handles default pointers to a given version of a program.  People usually
encounter this system for the first time while dealing with different
versions of Java JRE needing to be installed at the same time.

I'm a Redhat guy so I can't walk you through it step by step, but I was
able to pull up some Ubuntu documentation on this system here:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man8/update-alternatives.8.html

Hope this helps!

 - Kodiak Firesmith


On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Matthew Ngaha <chigga101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi i wrote about a week ago about the problems i had with importing
> sqlite3 on python 3.3 on ubuntu 12.04. Due to this ive tried to revert
> back to python 3.2 which is the default installation along wit 2.7.
> I've run into 2 problems.
>
> 1) I'm new to ubuntu and someone helped me install python3.3 from
> source. I've tried 'make uninstall' from the dir containing the source
> package but it seems there is no way to get this version off my
> computer.
>
> 2) I really need to use virtualenv for python3.2. The problem is
> python3.3 seems to be the default and overrides every virtualenv thing
> i try doing. whether it is pyvenv or virtualenv, the 3.3 version takes
> priority. It is located in /usr/local/bin  ... I have no idea where my
> 3.2 virtualenv is located although i know i definately installed it
> with :
>               sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
>
> if i can achieve 1) or 2) im sure the rest would be straightforward.
> any ideas? I know this isn't really a python issue but it's a last
> resort as the ubuntu guys are unsure of how to solve this. If i can't
> resolve it, not to worry, i'll just upgrade my ubuntu to a more recent
> version.
>
> Thanks
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