Fedora: Dual Python Versions Installed System Not Picking Up Newer Version

[Aahz]

In article <3103e4c6-831f-4408-947b-4bb0dddf012b at s22g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
*nixtechno <epctechno at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I have a fedora box and just installed python 2.6.1 along with 2.5.2,
>so here's my issue, if I removed the "systems" garbage RPM it would
>uninstall all the other crap along with it, so I went ahead and
>trunked in and ./configure, build && build install and built python
>2.6.1 along with this. However how can I stipulate that I want the
>WHOLE system to use Python 2.6.1 rather than 2.5.2? I know there is
>something to do with PATH, which I tried under my /root/.cshrc file,
>but to no avail it didn't work. So is there something special I should
>do with getting the system to pick up this directy:

This is a Bad Idea; some of the system scripts rely on the built-in
Python.  You should either use a shell alias or explicitly specify the
full path to the 2.6.1 binary inside your scripts.  I think virtualenv
might also be useful, but I haven't played with that myself yet.
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