Installed python 2.5 over 2.4 and lost installed packages

[Mike Driscoll]

On Apr 27, 8:15 am, ja... at reggieband.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently updated os x from python 2.4 to 2.5 (from python.org) and
> in doing so I lost my old python path entries. Python 2.4 was
> installed using fink.  Now when I do:
>
> import sys
> print sys.path
>
> my old site-packages directory is not within it (the 2.4 one).
>
> So what is the right thing to do in this situation?  It would be a
> pain to find and re-install each of the packages.  Is it ok to add my
> old site-packages directory to the sys.path?  What is the best way to
> do so (e.g. using .pth files or PYTHONPATH or other)?  Is cp'ing the
> files from one place to another safe or advisable?
>
> Any help on best practices appreciated.
>
> James.

As long as the Python extensions or packages are pure ones, then
copying them over shouldn't hurt anything. If you have some that have
C/C++ links (such as PIL or pywin32), then you'll need to reinstall
those manually.

Mike