Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '/usr/local': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'skip:/ 10': 0.09; 'subject:build': 0.09; 'non-default': 0.16; 'prefix,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'subject:versions': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'install': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'versions': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'included': 0.31; 'usually': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; '(i.e.': 0.33; 'usual': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'skip:- 10': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'different': 0.65; 'default': 0.69; 'received:204': 0.75; 'article': 0.77; '../configure': 0.84; 'beside': 0.84; 'received:204.14': 0.84; 'magical': 0.91
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: python-list@python.org
From: Ned Deily <nad@acm.org>
Subject: Re: how to build and install multiple micro-level major.minor versions of Python
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:35:11 -0700
References: <1398785310.2673.16.camel@belmer>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.14.154.233
User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X)
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.9581.1398796532.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 19
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1398796532 news.xs4all.nl 2855 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57199
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:70725

In article <1398785310.2673.16.camel@belmer>,
 "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." <webe3vt@aim.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to do what I want to do (i.e. install 2.7.6 beside 2.7)?

The usual way to support multiple micro versions is to build and install 
to a different location on your system by using:

./configure --prefix=/new/path

There is nothing magical about /usr/local or /usr other than that 
/usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are usually included in default $PATH.  If 
you use a non-default prefix, it's also probably best to avoid using 
--enable-shared to minimize the chances of confusion with shared library 
loading.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad@acm.org