Upgrading Python?

[Nikolai]

I note that the version of Python packaged with Maya is 2.7.3. I'd like to upgrade to 3.3.0, either alongside or instead of. How should I go about doing that so that Geany can find it?

Thanks for your input. I'm really looking forward to learning more about Linux.

[xenopeek]

First, do not mess with the installed Python versions or try to change which Python version is the default interpreter. That will break your system, as core programs of your operating system depend on the certain versions of Python being installed and being the default interpreter. Python 2 isn't compatible with Python 3 in most cases, and even from Python 3.2 to Python 3.3 things can break (another user had that problem recently).

Maya doesn't have Python 3.3. You can add Python 3.2 to your system though, installed alongside Python 2 without causing problems. To do so, install the package libpython3.2 and that will pull in the other needed packages automatically.

Then start any script your want to use Python 3 with:

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

Or for specifically Python 3.2:

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#!/usr/bin/env python3.2

[Nikolai]

Many thanks.

I see they're already starting on alpha-releasing 3.4.x. You wouldn't happen to have enough of an inside track to know what's going on there, would you?

[xenopeek]

Nope I just know from experience here, and from using Python 3 without problems myself, what you can and can not do with mixing multiple Python versions.