RedHat: Easiest way to upgrade from Python 2.3 to 2.4

[Fredrik Lundh]

gmax2006 wrote:

> My RedHat Linux installation already has Python 2.3 on it.
> What is the easiest way to upgrade it to 2.4?

grab the source tarball from python.org, built it according to 
instructions (./configure; make), and install using:

     # make altinstall

DO NOT do a full install; you'll most likely break RedHat stuff if you 
do that.

to access the resulting binary, use "python2.4" instead of "python".

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