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On 26/09/17 00:09, mr meowski wrote:
On 25/09/17 23:49, Julian Hall wrote:Hi, Simple question. When I do my weekly system backup I see multiple versions of Python installed, from (I think) 2.7 to 3.5. Do I need all of them or just the latest? One forum I read said that v. 3.x is not backward compatible so you need several versions installed. Is this correct? If I don't need them, how do I selectively uninstall all but the latest please?Holy crap, this has got disaster written all over it... Mint is an Ubuntu derivative and thus inherits the same dependencies on Python 2.x for various system tools - removing them will break your computer. Various other installed programs you have on disk will have pulled in the other Python versions as dependencies and will also stop working if you remove Python 3.x. Whilst it is definitely technically possible to carefully cull various orphaned package dependencies from your system, for the amount of actual space reclaimed versus time and effort invested and the potential consequences of removing the wrong one(s), this is definitely one to avoid unless you really know what you're doing. I'd suggest this is exactly the sort of thing you want to mess about with to your hearts content in a VM and leave well alone on your actual working PCs? Cheers
In a nutshell.. don't touch it. That I can happily do! Thanks for the quick reply! Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq