Running multiple python version
I want to run multiple Python version in my box. Is there anything like version manager in Python where I can switch between multiple Python version without having to call the full path of the python binary? I have tried virtualenv and it seems to only cover problems running multiple python libraries version.
Thanks for your help.
Answer
When calling python from bash you could try an alias.
user@machine:~$ alias python1234='/usr/bin/python2.5'
user@machine:~$ python1234
Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jan 20 2010, 21:44:03)
[GCC 4.3.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
Let's say you have a script called script.py with following content:
import sys
print sys.version
So, launching a script with a different version of python looks like:
user@machine:~$ python script.py
2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:56:41)
[GCC 4.3.3]
user@machine:~$ python1234 script.py
2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jan 20 2010, 21:44:03)
[GCC 4.3.3]