Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Gene Heskett Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: python-2.7.3 vs python-3.2.3 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:05:52 -0500 Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <201601260726.55545.gheskett@wdtv.com> <201601261011.19033.gheskett@wdtv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de VXjq5f9q+pHG7HtPsXDcHgDDQc5/eyKh3HIfi2eyqEBA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'cpython': 0.05; 'python3': 0.05; 'important,': 0.07; 'thats': 0.07; 'mercurial': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'jan': 0.11; '2.7': 0.13; 'subject:python': 0.14; 'wed,': 0.15; '2016': 0.16; '3.2.': 0.16; 'chris,': 0.16; 'clone': 0.16; 'happily': 0.16; 'python3.': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'soap,': 0.16; 'subject:2.7.3': 0.16; 'sudo': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; ';-)': 0.18; 'runs': 0.18; '3.2': 0.22; 'install,': 0.22; 'cheers,': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; '(you': 0.23; 'tried': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'script': 0.25; 'install': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'turns': 0.27; 'fine': 0.28; 'accidentally': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; "i'd": 0.31; 'run': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'ubuntu': 0.33; "i'll": 0.33; 'except': 0.34; 'that,': 0.34; 'advice': 0.35; 'installing': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; '(and': 0.36; 'event.': 0.36; 'modules': 0.36; 'url:non-standard http port': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'thanks': 0.37; 'january': 0.38; "won't": 0.38; 'received:66': 0.38; 'anything': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; "you'll": 0.61; 'header :Message-Id:1': 0.61; 'times': 0.63; 'latest': 0.64; 'grab': 0.64; 'today.': 0.67; 'received:204': 0.75; './configure': 0.84; '3.6': 0.84; 'apt-get': 0.84; 'build-dep': 0.84; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'coexist': 0.84; 'pip': 0.84; 'url:cpython': 0.84 X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: + User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 (enterprise35 0.20100827.1168748) In-Reply-To: X-KMail-QuotePrefix: > Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:102134 On Tuesday 26 January 2016 10:21:07 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:11 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 January 2016 09:20:16 Wolfgang Maier wrote: > >> I have used 2.7 and 3.2 side-by-side for two years or so on Ubuntu > >> 12.04. Never encountered any problem except for a few times that I > >> accidentally tried to run something with python when I should have > >> used python3. > > > > I think thats unavoidable. ;-) > > > > I'm not sure what I'll need to go with it, but we'll find out today. > > > > Thanks Wolfgang > > Here's what I'd recommend :) > > $ sudo apt-get build-dep python3 > $ sudo apt-get install mercurial > $ hg clone https://hg.python.org/cpython > $ cd cpython > $ ./configure > $ make > $ sudo make install Message marked as important, should I need to. It turns out the script actually works fine on 2.7.3. Thanks for the advice Chris, it will be helpfull in that event. > That should get you Python 3.6 with a whole lot of new features above > 3.2. (And yes, 3.6 and 3.2 can happily coexist too.) After that, > you'll want to use pip exclusively for installing Python modules (you > can use apt-get to grab packages for your 3.2 install, but it won't do > anything for your 3.6), but other than that, you should have a > perfectly working system that runs the very latest in Pythons. > > ChrisA Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page