Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-21 Thread Nico Grubert
> Several changes have been made to Python 2.4 and 2.5 to support > AMD64-Linux better, and not all of these changes have been > incorporated into Python 2.3, as this software is no longer > maintained. > As others have said: you should really try to use the python 2.4 > that comes with the operat

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Nico Grubert schrieb: > Is there anything special I have to care about or is installing Python > on a 64 Bit OS just as easy as installing it on a 32-Bit OS? Despite what everybody else said: most likely, special care is necessary. However, nobody probably knows what precisely you need to be aware

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Steve Holden
Anthony Baxter wrote: >>More recent versions of Python have incorporated much more support for >>64-bit architectures. 2.5 is about to be released (I believe it should >>be out in the next 24 hours), and I'd recommend that over the older >>version you are considering. > > > If by "24 hours" you m

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Daniel Dittmar
Nico Grubert wrote: > I'd like to install Python 2.3.5. on a 64-Bit OS (Suse Linux Enterprise > Server 10) on an AMD Opteron 64-Bit machine. > I have to use Python 2.3.5. > > Do I need a special source archive or can I use "Python-2.3.5.tgz" from > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.3.5/Python-2

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Anthony Baxter
> More recent versions of Python have incorporated much more support for > 64-bit architectures. 2.5 is about to be released (I believe it should > be out in the next 24 hours), and I'd recommend that over the older > version you are considering. If by "24 hours" you mean "20 minutes ago", this is

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Steve Holden
Steve Holden wrote: > Nico Grubert wrote: > >>Hi there, >> >>I'd like to install Python 2.3.5. on a 64-Bit OS (Suse Linux Enterprise >>Server 10) on an AMD Opteron 64-Bit machine. >>I have to use Python 2.3.5. >> >>Do I need a special source archive or can I use "Python-2.3.5.tgz" from >>http://

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Steve Holden
Nico Grubert wrote: > Hi there, > > I'd like to install Python 2.3.5. on a 64-Bit OS (Suse Linux Enterprise > Server 10) on an AMD Opteron 64-Bit machine. > I have to use Python 2.3.5. > > Do I need a special source archive or can I use "Python-2.3.5.tgz" from > http://www.python.org/ftp/python

Re: Installing Python on a 64-Bit OS

2006-09-19 Thread Ivan Voras
Nico Grubert wrote: > Is there anything special I have to care about or is installing Python > on a 64 Bit OS just as easy as installing it on a 32-Bit OS? It is as easy. Look around, you'll probably find a pre-built binary package for your OS. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python