Koray Bostancı wrote:
Hi all,
When i type python in terminal it runs the python2.3 interpreter, but i
want to use 2.4 and Python2.4 package is already installed.
How can i change the default python in my system? I searched google for
a little but couldn't find.
Using Debian GNU/Linux.
koray
"python" is usually merely a link on your "main" python distribution
(it's the same for many other things, gcc for example).
python (and all the python versions) are in /usr/bin for the deb'.
To rebind it, just remove the current link
$ rm /usr/bin/python
then create a new symbolic link to /usr/bin/python2.4
$ ln -s /usr/bin/python2.4 /usr/bin/python
(you may have to use *sudo* to perform these operations BTW)
Voila, you're done, calling python now starts the python2.4 interpreter.