Hi,
On 26 March 2013 16:54, Hugo Arts <hugo.yo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Sean Carolan <scaro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Could it be that it is taking the system python executable which is >>> probably 2.4? >>> >>> -Amit. >> >> >> I've tried it with python24, python25 and python27 and all of them give >> the same error. >> > > The easiest workaround I can think of is a temporary alias, i.e.: > > $ alias python="python27" && python setup.by bdist_rpm && unalias python > > Or some variation of such. The more permanent fix is to change the bash > script that setup.py generates so it's less naive about having the right > system python installed, *or* upgrading the system python version. > Sean you might also look into virtualenv. I suspect a suitably setup virtualenv will also avoid your problem, but is obviously more work than what Hugo's suggested. See for example this question on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1534210/use-different-python-version-with-virtualenv Walter
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