[PlanetCCRMA] python 2.3.4 or how to upgrade from source

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 16:54, patrick wrote:
> thanks for this, but i'm still confuse about what should i do with the 
> rpm installation of planetccrma, should i do rpm -e --force and then 
> compile python 2.3.4 from source? or should i leave the rpm there? 
> because lots of package depends on it...

You should leave the rpm there. If you install from source the new
python with the configuration switches that Kjetil suggests it will not
clash with the one included in the rpm. 

> i'm confuse about having 1 rpm and 1 source in the same box.

The rpm installs its files in one location, the "compile from source"
install installs them in a different location. No conflict (hopefuly :-)

-- Fernando

> Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, patrick wrote:
> >>hi all,
> >>
> >>i need python => 2.3 for flumotion. what is the best way to upgrade my 
> >>version, i have python 2.2 (rpm from planetccrma of course!) so if i'm 
> >>doing a rpm -e python i get a lots of "is needed by".
> >>
> >>what should i do:
> > 
> > Python is easy to compile up yourself.
> > Get the latest version from www.python.org
> > 
> > tar xvjf Python-2.3.4.tar.bz2
> > cd Python-2.3.4
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/Python-2.3.4
> > make
> > make install
> > 
> > Python 2.3.4 is now run by using
> > /usr/Python-2.3.4/bin/python