Setting default version among multiple python installations

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:48:54 -0300, Karthik <karthikk at adventnet.com>  
escribió:

> I am an absolute linux and python newbie. The linux machine(red hat
> version 7.2) that i managed to get my hands on had python 1.5(vintage
> stuff, i guess) in it. I have installed python 2.5 using the source tar.
> However, when i try to access python, i am taken to the older version  
> only.

Have you actually compiled and installed it?
See http://docs.python.org/dev/using/index.html

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Gabriel Genellina