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

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Date Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:39:40 +0100
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Am 05.12.2011 17:28, schrieb Chris Angelico:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> Generally speaking, unless you are an expert, you should not use make
>> install when installing Python from source, because it will replace the
>> system Python with the newly installed one.
>>
>> Instead use `sudo make altinstall`
> 
> Mea culpa, forgot that. Yes, use altinstall. Although it's probably
> not a problem to replace 2.6.6 with 2.7.2 - I doubt that'll break many
> things.

Except that all 3rd party extensions and packages are missing if you
install Python manually. Unless you *really* know what you are doing you
shouldn't install Python manually. Debian's backports should provide a
well integrated Python 2.7 package.

Christian

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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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