install modules for specific python version

[Brendan Miller]

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I have several version of python running side by side on my ubuntu
install (2.5,2.6,3.0).

I'm installing a module with a setup.py script, in this case
logilab-common, so that I can get pylint going. However, I need to
install into python 2.6, but by default it picks out 2.5 and throws
things in the site packages for that version.

Is there a standard way to specify what version of python you want to
install into? I originally installed my other python versions with the
altinstall method.
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[John Machin]

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I have several version of python running side by side on my ubuntu
install (2.5,2.6,3.0).

I'm installing a module with a setup.py script, in this case
logilab-common, so that I can get pylint going. However, I need to
install into python 2.6, but by default it picks out 2.5 and throws
things in the site packages for that version.

Is there a standard way to specify what version of python you want to
install into?

Quite generally, if you want to install a module into Python X.Y, use
Python X.Y to run the setup.py script.

E.g. on Windows I'd do
directory-containing-setup.py> c:\python26\python setup.py install

Just do the equivalent on ubuntu.

Cheers,
John