On 5/24/11, Patrick Brookings <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Can you please tell me what standard version of Python comes with the latest > FreeBSD? > And also, is it possible to upgrade to a newer version without breaking > other functionalities? > > I am asking because more and more scripts require at least Python 2.5, > whereas CentOS for example only comes with 2.4.3, and it's pretty much > impossible to upgrade the system Python without breaking yum and things like > that.
You can install any version you want. Nothing in the FreeBSD base system requires python. In fact, I have multiple versions installed on FreeBSD right now. I'm running python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.2. In your hash bang line, just specify the version that a specific script should run as. Something like: #!/usr/bin/env python2.6 '''I'll use python 2.6''' #!/usr/bin/env python2.7 '''I'll use python 2.7''' #!/usr/bin/env python3.2 '''I'll use python 3.2''' #!/usr/bin/env python '''I'll use whatever version `which python` returns.''' -Modulok- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
