They may be able to be installed side by side, but if he's updating via yum, it's trying to update the old package, not install a new one beside it. This would be causing the grief. -- Jim Perrin Ohio University --On Monday, November 29, 2004 5:09 PM -0800 Rick Graves <gravesricharde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Seth, > >> 2) Would it be possible to install python 2.3, and >> keep python 2.2 for packages with hard-coded paths? > > For point of information, I discovered that it is > possbile. > > I decided to try it first on a test system. When I got > to the rpm download page at www.python.org, > I found an FAQ exactly on point: > > begin quote > > Q) Is it safe to install these RPMs on a Red Hat > system? Will they over-write the system python and > cause problems with other Red Hat applications that > expect a different version of Python? > > A) The RPMs that start with "python2.3" are built to > not interfere with the system Python. They install as > "/usr/bin/python2.3" and will not conflict with the > system Python unless you are running on a system that > ships the a version of Python which has the same > major/minor number. > > To invoke the interpreter with these packages, you > will explicitly have to run "python2.3". Note that all > Python RPMs provided by Python.org and Red Hat provide > a "/usr/bin/python2.3" (or similar, with major/minor > number), even if they also provide "/usr/bin/python". > So, yes, it should be safe. > > end quote > > http://www.python.org/2.3.4/rpms.html > > This must have come up before, and Guido has already > worked out the details. > > Rick > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
