Python RPM package arch compatability

[Fredrik Lundh]

Christopher Taylor wrote:

> A quick question if I may.  I'm running RHEL 4 on a x86_64 and I'm
> curious if any of the packages at
> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4/rpms/ would suite my
> setup.
>
> If they don't can I simply build from source and not overwrite
> /usr/bin/Python (for the same reasons as listed at the above mentioned
> webpage)?

if you use "make altinstall" instead of "make install", the installation process will
only install a pythonX.Y binary (e.g. python2.5).

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