Q. on make install.

[Fernando Pérez]

infotechsys wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm in the process of installing Pythonw 2.1.2 on my
> Redhat release 7.2. I don't what to remove 1.5.2 that
> came with the Redhat release for fear of messing thier
> code up. So, do I do a make altinstall and should I
> set any env. variables? The reason for the upgrade
> is to use GNUe software.
> Thanks.
> Wayne

Why don't you just install the redhat 7.2 python2 rpms? That will give you 
python 2.1.1 (I think) with no directory conflicts. Look in your cds for rpms 
that begin python2...rpm

hth,

f