From: Thomas L. <ta...@ec...> - 2002-09-22 15:41:38
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On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 03:45:03PM +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote: > In article <200...@ev...>, Thomas > Leonard <ta...@ec...> wrote: [...] > > You need python 2.2 as the default (pygtk 2 requires this). 1.5 is > > *really* old! > > This is quite strange. I have now visited the python website to download a > new rpm. The download page says that Red Hat 7.3. ships with python 2.2. > Yet, as I wrote, when I do rpm -qi python I get a much earlier version > number reported. I didn't install this myself, but it is odd that what I > have is so old! I only purchased the machine, and had the install done a > week or so ago. > > OK. I this is the first time I have tried upgrading an rpm. Hence I'd be > grateful if you could let me know if I have this correct: > > I have now downloaded an rpm > python2-2.2.1-2.i386.rpm > from the python website. > If my understanding is correct, I should carry out two steps: Just one (-U for upgrade IIRC). $ rpm -Uhv python2-2.2.1-2.i386.rpm > Will it matter that ROX, ROX-Sessions, etc, may be live when I remove one > version of python and install another? Those two won't care (they're not python). You may be able to install both versions at once (but make sure running python gets the new version). > Do I also need to perform a similar process for pygtk? Yes. Note sure if there are any RPMs yet, though... (you need the very latest version). ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/python/v2.0/ -- Thomas Leonard http://rox.sourceforge.net ta...@ec... ta...@us... GPG: 9242 9807 C985 3C07 44A6 8B9A AE07 8280 59A5 3CC1 |