Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:33:04 -0600 From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> To: Patrick Brookings <patrick@icebluehost.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Python version Message-ID: <BANLkTimUVqY%2B3hx9PvS3kN9e72WUPm43LQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <FDAB8E888E724276AC9C53637D3FCA54@IceBlueHost> References: <FDAB8E888E724276AC9C53637D3FCA54@IceBlueHost>
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On 5/24/11, Patrick Brookings <patrick@icebluehost.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Can you please tell me what standard version of Python comes with the latest > FreeBSD? > And also, is it possible to upgrade to a newer version without breaking > other functionalities? > > I am asking because more and more scripts require at least Python 2.5, > whereas CentOS for example only comes with 2.4.3, and it's pretty much > impossible to upgrade the system Python without breaking yum and things like > that. You can install any version you want. Nothing in the FreeBSD base system requires python. In fact, I have multiple versions installed on FreeBSD right now. I'm running python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.2. In your hash bang line, just specify the version that a specific script should run as. Something like: #!/usr/bin/env python2.6 '''I'll use python 2.6''' #!/usr/bin/env python2.7 '''I'll use python 2.7''' #!/usr/bin/env python3.2 '''I'll use python 3.2''' #!/usr/bin/env python '''I'll use whatever version `which python` returns.''' -Modulok-
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