[PlanetCCRMA] python 2.3.4 or how to upgrade from source

[Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen]

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



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