Installation Python2.3.4 & Mandrake 10

[Sam G.]

Hi,

I've installed recently a Mandrake 10 web server 
PHP/MYSQL/APACHE/ZOPE/PLONE (ouf !). I've re-installed python compiling 
it, to be sure it's like my test platform. But like it is a 2.3.3 like 
the version already installed, i didn't see the problem. After reading 
this thread I check and...

/usr/local/bin is BEFORE /usr/bin in the $PATH for 'simple' users, but 
for root it is AFTER !!! Be careful, it could be confusing...

Sorry for my english :-)
Sam.



Christopher T King a écrit :

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, P. Jouin wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've try your syntax which python and i saw the path was /usr/bin/python
>>When i launch this syntax /usr/local/bin/python it was the right version
>>Python 2.3.4.
>>
>>Can you say me what can i do for modify the path ?
> 
> 
> First, try 'hash -r', assuming you're using bash.  bash hashes paths to 
> programs so it doesn't have to look them up every time you run them: 
> chances are it's still looking for python in /usr/bin/.  'hash -r' will 
> clear the hash table and force bash to look for python again (and 
> hopefully find it in /usr/local/bin/).
> 
> If that doesn't work, then you will have to modifiy the PATH variable.  
> In your ~/.bashrc file (assuming you're using bash, again), add the line 
> 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' to the end.  This will place 
> /usr/local/bin/ at the start of the path search list.  As above, use 'hash 
> -r' to force bash to look up python using the new PATH.
> 
> Either way, you should probably uninstall Mandrake's version of Python,
> unless other packages depend on it, in order to avoid any future
> conflicts.
> 
> 
>>(P.S. your french is not bad but my english it is. So sorry)
> 
> 
> It reads well enough for me -- post in it! :) Though there are a few
> French speakers following this list, there are a lot more English speakers
> (native or otherwise) on it, so you're much more likely to get a quick 
> response that way.
> 
> It's also good to 'reply to all', so that the discussion stays on the list 
> and others can benefit from it (I cc:d this to the list for that reason).
> 
> Hope this helps!
>