On 04/09/2011 06:12 PM, Rohan Sachdeva wrote:
Just so you know there is a PPA for 3.2 -
https://launchpad.net/~irie/+archive/python3.2
<https://launchpad.net/%7Eirie/+archive/python3.2>
Should make things a lot easier.
Rohan
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Nevins Duret <dur...@bellsouth.net
<mailto:dur...@bellsouth.net>> wrote:
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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Hello Rohan,
With that said, how do I go about adding this link to my list of
repositories? Before, I would just have to go to the Update Manager,
and then I would just add the link, now, as a result of not being able
to launch Update Manager as result of the bad Python3.2 install, I am
not able to successfully add the link to my list of repositories.
Again, I thank you for your help.
Best Regards,
Nevins Duret
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