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Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)

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Date 2011-12-06 02:51 +1100
Subject Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2)
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:40 AM, patrickwayodi <patrickwayodi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You should actually already have Python installed. Try typing 'python'
>> at a terminal and see if it invokes the interactive interpreter.
>>
>> ChrisA
>
>
> Yes, I have Python installed, but it's an old version. So I want to
> upgrade to "Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2".

Ah gotcha. I believe you can 'sudo apt-get install python2.7' - at
least, you can on the Ubuntu system next to me. Not sure though; I
build my Python from source straight from Mercurial.

What you have there, I think, is a source code snapshot. You'd need to
extract it and then do the usual incantation:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

If you don't have the compiler/build environment set up, you'll have
to do that first. If you aren't too concerned about the exact version
you get, the above apt-get line should get you a stable Python in the
2.7 branch.

ChrisA

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How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) patrickwayodi <patrickwayodi@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 06:53 -0800
  Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-06 02:08 +1100
    Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) patrickwayodi <patrickwayodi@gmail.com> - 2011-12-05 07:40 -0800
      Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-06 02:51 +1100
        Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-05 16:23 +0000
          Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-06 03:28 +1100
          Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2011-12-05 17:37 +0100
          Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2011-12-05 17:39 +0100
            Re: How to install Python on Debian GNU/Linux (Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2) Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2011-12-14 20:40 +0200

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