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Multiple versions of the same package installed at same time

Multiple versions of the same package installed at same time

Posted Nov 13, 2009 12:49 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Multiple versions of the same package installed at same time by Cato
Parent article: Python moratorium and the future of 2.x

Programs have to be designed to be parallel installable. There are applications and libraries which do make this very easy. GTK and gstreamer comes to mind.

Details at http://www106.pair.com/rhp/parallel.html

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