ActivePython on Linux

Hello everybody. I want to make sure about something:

If I install ActivePython 3.2 as root on Linux, will it delete the distro's default Python (2.6)? I also installed Python 3.1 a long time ago, so I have Distro's Python 2.6, the official Python 3.1 and want to add this other ActivePython. Will it pose any trouble?

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Probable result should be that everything else is left as is but python3 shortcut will point to newly installed Python3.2 not Python3.1

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Do you think that this would still happen if I choose a different install directory?

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Turns out it doesn't even place links to itself anywhere. I just had it install in /opt/ActivePython/ and it didn't place anything outside that location. So no problem I have Python2.6, ActivePython 2.7, Python3.1, and ActivePython3.2.

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