multipy -- Install multiple Python versions locally

[Petri Lehtinen]

I'm pleased to announce multipy, a shell utility that helps you
install and manage multiple local Python installations. It's available
at

    https://github.com/akheron/multipy

It downloads source tarballs for the newest version of any Python X.Y,
compiles the source, and installs everything under a single directory
hierarchy. By default, the install location is ~/multipy.

distribute is also installed along with each Python version, as well
as an activate script (in the spirit of virtualenv) for easier shell
integration.

multipy is a single shell script. It requires a POSIX compliant shell,
wget, tar and gzip to download and extract source tarballs, and a
compiler, development headers and libraries to compile Python. No
existing Python installation is required. multipy should work on any
Unix-like system that Python can be compiled on.

Python versions 2.4 and up can be installed (including all 3.x
releases).


Usage examples:

Install Python 2.7 and 3.2:

    $ multipy install 2.7 3.2

Install all supported Python versions (2.4 and up):

    $ multipy install all

List installed Python versions:

    $ multipy list

Remove Python 2.7:

    $ multipy remove 2.7

Use a custom installation directory:

    $ multipy -b /path/to/somewhere install 3.2

Tweak PATH to "activate" the local Python 2.5:

    $ . $(multipy activate 2.5)

After this, e.g. python and easy_install can be used without
an absolute path. To leave this mode, use deactivate.

Regards,
Petri Lehtinen