On 04/09/2011 02:32 PM, Walter Prins wrote:
On 9 April 2011 17:44, Nevins Duret <dur...@bellsouth.net
<mailto:dur...@bellsouth.net>> wrote:
Compiling with Ubuntu
# get required packages for build
sudo apt-get install build-essential libncursesw5-dev libreadline5-dev
libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev
# get source
wget http://www.python.org
<http://www.python.org>/ftp/python/3.2/Python-3.2.tgz&& tar -xvf
Python-3.2.tgz
# make install
./configure
make
sudo make altinstall
# make 3.2 the default python system wide (number 1 at the end stays there)
sudo update-alternatives--install /usr/bin/python pythonopt/py32/bin1
# ensure various versions of python play nice with each other
sudo update-alternatives--config python
Again I really appreciate your help, getting over this hurdle would help me
be confident in what goes on under the hood.
At this point, it seems that I will need instructions on how to remove
python3.2 in order to get a reattempt at installing it
properly.
OK... It's usually preferable if at all possible to install things
using the system's package manager -- is there any particular reason
that you must use Python 3.2 and can't install Python 3.1.2, which is
available in the repositories? It may be installed by simply doing:
sudo apt-get install python3-all
As for fixing/undoing any problems in your system -- I'm reluctant to
try and fix that via this list and without more information. I'd
therefore suggest asking on the Ubuntu community forums programming
sub-forum. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=310
Walter
Hello Walter,
I can't thank you enough for your help. Yes, I usually use the
Synaptic Package Manager, however in this case, Python version 3.2 is
not on the Synaptic package Manager. This is why I chose to build it
from source. As far as what I think is causing this when I go in the
Terminal and type:
p me out.
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python/python3.2 python
/opt/py32/bin/python3.2 1
I get this as an error message:
update-alternatives: renaming python link from /usr/bin/python to
/usr/bin/python/python3.2.
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative
/opt/py32/bin because link group python is broken.
update-alternatives: error: unable to make
/usr/bin/python/python3.2.dpkg-tmp a symlink to
/etc/alternatives/python: No such file or directory
I must add that I am running this in the Terminal under the Python-3.2
directory that I uncompressed after I downloaded it. The reason why I'm
using this version of Python is because Blender2.5, a 3D animation open
source program is built on Python3.2 and requires it if I am to develop
it using CMAKE. And, so far, I have blender installed on /opt/py32.
I really appreciate your help, and am learning tons by going
through this. I understand that posting this question here may not be
suitable, but I'm confident someone will be able to help me out.
Thanks so much.
Best Regards,
Nevins Duret
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