[Tutor] remove 2.2 install 2.1

[Danny Yoo]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Paul Tremblay wrote:
> I need to go back to version 2.1 of python because of a conflict.
> I would like to use the 4xslt suite, but the stable of version of
> 4xslt conflicts with python 2.2.

Hi Paul,

One thing to make sure is that '/usr/local/bin/python' is linked to
'/usr/local/bin/python2.1'; I think that the upgrade to 2.2 might have
overridden '/usr/local/bin/python'.  Otherwise, I haven't had any problems
myself, but then, testimonials are always a little unreliable... *grin*


By the way, if you want to experiment with compiled versions of Python,
you can use the '--prefix=/some/temporary/directory' flag during the
'./configure' step; by doing this, you can compile Python in the relative
safety of your own directories.  I've often done something like:

    './configure --prefix=/home/dyoo/local/python-2.2'

which makes it fairly easy to uninstall it later.


Good luck to you!