Linux – easy_install’ing under different Python version

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I'm trying to easy_install a Python 2.5 package, but I've also got Python 3.1 installed, so I get a syntax error:

except pkg_resources.VersionConflict, e:                                    
                                    ^                                       
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

How do I tell easy_install I want it to install (ReviewBoard, in this case) with Python 2.5?

Best Answer

The easy_install code installs the packages for whichever version of Python is being used to run it. It sounds like your system default version of Python is 3.1, so something like this should make it work the way you want:

/path/to/python2.5 /path/to/easy_install ReviewBoard

Worst case you can edit the easy_install script and change the shebang to point to your 2.5 binary.

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