Installing Python 2.4 on Linux

[Edward Diener]

John Ridley wrote:
> * Edward Diener wrote:
> 
>>I need python to be python2.3 else many utilities no longer work.
> 
> 
> Then leave your 2.3 installation exactly as it is (so that python is a
> link to python2.3) and run python2.4 where needed.
> 
> To specifically use python 2.4 to run IDLE, simply type in a shell:
> 
> [user]$ python2.4 /usr/bin/idle
> 
> Alternatively, create your own (executable) idle or pydoc with a
> shebang that points permanently at python2.4. For example:
> 
> file: $HOME/bin/idle2.4
> -----------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/python2.4
> 
> from idlelib.PyShell import main
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     main()
> -----------------------------------
> 
> Then if $HOME/bin is on your PATH, you can simply run: idle2.4

This change worked. Thanks !

> 
> 
>>The problem is then using IDLE and pydoc for Python2.4 since neither
>>are .py scripts
> 
> 
> Really?! What are they on Fedora, then?

I realized they are links to the respective idle2.4.py and pydoc2.4.py 
scripts.