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From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to update python choice
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 03:23:33
Message-Id: 87muuesms9.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] how to update python choice by Bill Kenworthy
1 On Thu, Jul 26 2018, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
2
3 > On 26/07/18 09:10, allan gottlieb wrote:
4 >> I am still using python 3.4, i.e.
5 >>
6 >> sh-4.4# eselect python show
7 >> python3.4
8 >> sh-4.4#
9 >>
10 >> sh-4.4# eselect python list
11 >> Available Python interpreters, in order of preference:
12 >> [1] python3.4
13 >> [2] python3.6 (fallback)
14 >> [3] python3.5 (fallback)
15 >> [4] python2.7 (fallback)
16 >> sh-4.4#
17 >>
18 >> I realize I should have updated previously.
19 >>
20 >> Is a python update as simple as
21 >> emerge --update --changed-use --with-bdeps=n @world
22 >> eselect python set python3.6
23 >> emerge --update --changed-use --with-bdeps=n @world
24 >>
25 >> I have no custom python scripts on either of my systems.
26 >>
27 >> thanks in advance,
28 >> allan
29 >>
30 >
31 >
32 > Hi, no problems doing it except because of the large number of packages
33 > look forward to hours of compiling (24hrs on my surface pro4).  Got a
34 > few other systems to do which is going to take awhile.
35 >
36 > BillK
37
38 Thank you, that is just what I needed to know.
39
40 allan

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Re: [gentoo-user] how to update python choice Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>