Can IDLE and ActiveState 2.1 Coexist?

[Mark Hadfield]

From: "David Lees" <debl at nospammytheworld.com>


> I installed Python 2.1 on my Win98 box to get IDLE.  When I started to
> install Activestate 2.1 with windows extensions, a message popped up,
> warning that having 2 versions of Python may break both.

Correct. They would trample on each other's registry keys.

> Does anyone
> have tips on installing both IDLE and PythonWin?

ActivePython 2.1 has IDLE. So you could remove the standard Python 2.1 and
just install ActivePython.

Or keep current Python and add win32 extensions from
http://www.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePython/Extensions/Win32all

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Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield at niwa.cri.nz  http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research



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