Python version

[Derek Broughton]

Neil Winchurst wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:14:45 -0500
> "Greg Booth" <bootgr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The other way to do is to just remove python 2.4
>> 
>> sudo apt-get remove python2.4
>> 
>> This should force it to link the python executable to 2.5
>> 
>> If your system goes buggy just reinstall 2.4 and remove the 2.5 . My
>> systems perfectly ok with 2.5 but then again it's Feisty and I can't
>> tell from your email what version you're running.
>> 
> I am using Kubuntu Edgy.
> 
> I did think about removing 2.4. As I said, if I run 'python' or
> 'python2.4' they both start version 2.4. If I run 'python2.5' its runs
> version 2.5. 

But that wouldn't be the case if you removed 2.4.

You _could_ also just run update-alternatives, but it's awkward and just
using python2.5 would be simpler.

> Either version seems to work OK, so I am assuming that I 
> have both versions installed and they both work. No, I have no idea how
> that happened. 

That happened because some  apps ask for python2.4 by name, so Ubuntu
couldn't just force everything to use python2.5.

-- 
derek