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Old December 4th, 2009, 12:55
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i was just currious if there is an easy way to set up 2 versions of python on the same system.

I have a program that calls for python 2.5 and doesn't quite work as well with 2.6

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Old December 4th, 2009, 13:59
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Yes, you can install both. I have Python 2.5 and 2.6 installed from ports. The default 'python' in /usr/local/bin is 2.6, and I have a 'python2.5' and 'python2.6' binary.

Code:
# ls -a | grep python
python
python-config
python-shared
python-shared-config
python-shared2.5
python-shared2.5-config
python-shared2.6
python-shared2.6-config
python2.5
python2.5-config
python2.6
python2.6-config
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Old December 5th, 2009, 15:14
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Yes, you can install both. I have Python 2.5 and 2.6 installed from ports. The default 'python' in /usr/local/bin is 2.6, and I have a 'python2.5' and 'python2.6' binary.

Code:
# ls -a | grep python
python
python-config
python-shared
python-shared-config
python-shared2.5
python-shared2.5-config
python-shared2.6
python-shared2.6-config
python2.5
python2.5-config
python2.6
python2.6-config
yah, i just found this in the handbook after mentioning it...when you do it this way does the python programs know which one to use?

for instance if i have 2.6 set as default and i have a program which needs 2.5 how do i make sure it uses 2.5
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Just edit your make.conf to which version you want to use, before you build the port.
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ok, so if it's not a port, i could just do this:

set make.conf to use python 2.5, install the program which needs 2.5, then set make.conf to use 2.6 and install everything else that needs python?
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You can set port-specific settings in /etc/make.conf. Random example:

Code:
.if ${.CURDIR:M*/ports/devel/ccache}
  NO_CCACHE=yes
.endif
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for instance if i have 2.6 set as default and i have a program which needs 2.5 how do i make sure it uses 2.5
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