DirtyMitten

Posted on March 10, 2010 - by dirtymitten

Commanding the wrong Python

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Hey, I never use this blog anymore, so why not try to get some hits? I’ll post trials and tribulations of beginning my foray into Python, at lease, until I get bored of doing that.

Here’s my issue:
I have Python installed on my Windows XP dev machine, and also in a Cygwin build. When I open the command prompt, and type python, I get the wrong version of python, 2.5.4, instead of the newly installed 2.6.4, which I desire.

How can I take back control, and better still switch between, the python versions?

I bet it has something to do with the Path environment variable, but I already added C:/python26 to the Path, and it’s not doing what I want it to do.

Let’s see what I can dig up….

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    March 10, 2010

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    dirtymitten said:

    check the path and classpath

    just remove the path of Cygwin from the path and classpath

    To view or change environment variables:
    Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
    Click the Advanced tab.
    Click Environment variables.
    Click one the following options, for either a user or a system variable:
    Click New to add a new variable name and value.
    Click an existing variable, and then click Edit to change its name or value.
    Click an existing variable, and then click Delete to remove it.



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