How easy is it to install python as non-root user?

[tinnews]

Does python install fairly easily for a non-root user?

I have an ssh login account onto a Linux system that currently
provides Python 2.4.3 and I'd really like to use some of the
improvements in Python 2.5.x.

So, if I download the Python-2.5.2.tgz file is it just the standard:-

./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install

 

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

(e-mail address removed) a écrit :

Does python install fairly easily for a non-root user?

I have an ssh login account onto a Linux system that currently
provides Python 2.4.3 and I'd really like to use some of the
improvements in Python 2.5.x.

So, if I download the Python-2.5.2.tgz file is it just the standard:-

./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install

IIRC there's something like make altinstall - but you'd better read the
doc (INSTALL.txt anyone ?)

 

[Matt Nordhoff]

Does python install fairly easily for a non-root user?

I have an ssh login account onto a Linux system that currently
provides Python 2.4.3 and I'd really like to use some of the
improvements in Python 2.5.x.

So, if I download the Python-2.5.2.tgz file is it just the standard:-

./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install

It is easy, but on an oldish Debian box, I ran into problems where the
headers for some libraries weren't available, so my Python install
didn't support readline or bzip2 (or perhaps other things too).
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[tinnews]

(e-mail address removed) a écrit :
IIRC there's something like make altinstall - but you'd better read the
doc (INSTALL.txt anyone ?)

Well it seems to work perfectly!

I just did the usual sequence as noted above and I seem to have a
working Python 2.5.2 of my very own.

I didn't need 'make altinstall' because I don't need to be able to see
the existing Python 2.4.3.

It takes a few Mb of disk space but since my free quote is 3Gb or
something that doesn't really worry me.

I'm impressed, well done Python developers.