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Re: Is it that easy to install Python ?

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Date 2013-07-26 02:44 +1000
Subject Re: Is it that easy to install Python ?
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.5112.1374770703.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:36 AM, Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 25-7-2013 17:11, santiago.diez@caoba.fr wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I never write any Python program but as a system administrator, I'm often asked to install python on Debian servers.
>>
>> I just finished downloading, configuring, making and installing.
>>
>> The binary is now installed in :
>> /usr/local/Python-2.7.5/bin/python2.7
>> (the path is a deliberate administrator choice).
>>
> Why didn't you use the Debian package instead? You now have installed an unsupported,
> untested custom built Python version on your server. Why not simply
>
> $ apt-get install python

That'll do fine on Debian 7 (Wheezy, current stable). On Debian 6
(Squeeze, oldstable), that'll get you a 2.6 release IIRC.

ChrisA

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Is it that easy to install Python ? santiago.diez@caoba.fr - 2013-07-25 08:11 -0700
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Maarten <maarten.sneep@knmi.nl> - 2013-07-25 09:13 -0700
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Matthew Lefavor <mclefavor@gmail.com> - 2013-07-25 12:15 -0400
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-25 18:36 +0200
    Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-26 02:44 +1000
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-07-25 18:32 +0000
  Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? wizzofozz <oscxxxxxxxaas@gmail.com> - 2013-07-28 00:05 +0200
    Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? santiago.diez@caoba.fr - 2013-07-31 03:08 -0700
      Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-31 10:44 -0600
      Re: Is it that easy to install Python ? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-07-31 10:49 -0600

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