hello all,

I have installed Python2.5 on my debian machine. Debian had python version 2.4.2 by default. even after installing python2.5 using apt-get and i check on apt-cache it still shows python2.4.2

i need to update the version since one of the packages depends on python2.5

I need help in this.

Thanking you in advance

Did it install into a different directory than python 2.4.2? Do you have any PYTHON global environment variables that may still be linked to 2.4.2?

yes python 2.4.2 is linked to a file called python in /usr/bin.

i even tried creating a link between python and the python 2.5

but in vain

both the versions of python are available in /usr/bin

if i try to install openxcap which depends on python2.5

debian:/usr/bin# apt-get -f install openxcap
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openxcap: Depends: python (>= 2.5) but 2.4.4-2 is to be installed
Depends: python-central (>= 0.6.7) but 0.5.12 is to be installed




even though python 2.5 is installed in system

Now, I'm not an old-hand at Debian, but if you aren't using python2.4.2 for anything, what about removing it, reinstalling 2.5 (to make sure all the links are updated), and then trying again?

May be there are many other packages that depend on python2.4.2

so uninstalling it would be a bad idea.


I have same kind of problems when i install packages with source files

do u have any idea abt how to solve the issue.

Just making sure I understand correctly -- when you removed the symlink from `python` to python-2.4.2, and added one instead to python-2.5, the output from `python --version` was incorrect?

yes the version was still 2.4.2 even after creating a symlink

May be something went wrong with linking.

The command 'python -V' will show version in use.
( Upper case V )

# 'cd /usr/bin'
# 'rm python'
# 'ln -s python2.5 python'
....

The OP reported that the problem was with apt-get sahowing the old Python version. Did you install the new Python version using apt, or did you download it from somewhere else and install it. The APT tools don't know about software that was not installed using them. I suggest you install Python 2.5 through apt-get if that was not how you originally did it.