Python script to install python

[Daniel Fetchinson]

> I would like to have a python script that would download the most
> recent svn of python, configure, make, install and cleanup after
> itself. I am not replacing the python version I would be using to run
> the script.
> I was struggling to get this to work and I assume someone else has
> done it better.  Any pointers?

Assuming you are on linux I recommend not using a python script for
this but rather a shell script. From a python script you would most of
the time be calling shell commands anyway. In a shell script you would
do something like this:

################################
#!/bin/bash

svn checkout ........................
cd whatever
./configure --whatever-options-you-like
make
# you probably want to run this as root
make install
# you probably don't want to be root anymore
cd ..
rm -rf whatever

################################

If you are on windows I assume a similar strategy is best.

Cheers,
Daniel



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