Running multiple versions of Python on the same host..

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Cowmix wrote:
> For my day job I am forced to run RHEL3 (and Centos3 on my desktop). I
> want to be able to use a few applications that require Python 2.4.X but
> RHEL3 ships with Python 2.2.3. I have tried to install and upgrade
> Python 2.4.X many ways like using PyVault and doing a source based
> install but each way has been fraught with problems from weird
> dependency issues to screwing up 'yum'.
>
> What is the best way to run multiple version of Python on the same
> system?
>
> thanks!

If installing from source, 'make altinstall' will do everything but
link python to (for example python2.4.  You can then run 'python2.4'
'python2.3',etc to use a particular version.