How to change the path for python binary?

[Amit Khemka]

On 8/10/06, Nico Grubert <nicogrubert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have installed Python 2.3.5 on Suse Linux 10.
> If I enter "python" in the shell, the Python 2.3.5 interpreter is called.
>
> After I installed Python 2.4.3. the Python 2.4.3 interpreter is called
> which is the default behaviour I guess.
>
> "which python" brings me "/usr/local/bin/python" which calls the Python
> 2.4.3 interpreter.
>
> My question now is:
> What do I have to do in order to get the Python 2.3.5 interpreter each
> time I enter "python" in the shell?

There could be various ways of doing so, like:

Option 1: open your shell preference file ( ex. for bash ~/.bashrc)
and add an alias: alias
python="/path/to/python/version/of/your/choise"

Option 2: make /usr/local/bin/python a symlink to python2.3.5

cheers,
amit.

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