Upgrading Python 2.7

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Calculate Linux is available for updating the language Python 2.7.

To update:

# Please update your Portage overlay and upgrade packages:

eix-sync
emerge -uDNa world

# Check the profile Python and the need to switch.

 # eselect python list
Available Python interpreters:
  [1]   python2.6 *
  [2]   python2.7
  [3]   python3.1

Switch profile to 2.7, if required.

 # eselect python set python2.7
 # eselect python list
Available Python interpreters:
  [1]   python2.6
  [2]   python2.7 *
  [3]   python3.1

# Reinstall packages, depending on the version of Python.

python-updater

# Remove Python 2.6.

emerge -ac

If you see an error like this:

* In order to avoid breakage of link level dependencies, one or more
 * packages will not be removed. This can be solved by rebuilding the
 * packages that pulled them in.
 * 
 *   dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2 pulled in by:
 *     app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.0.4 needs libpython2.6.so.1.0

You can do one of two actions:

## emerge -C =dev-lang/python-2.6.6-r2; revdep-rebuild

## emerge -C virtualbox-bin; emerge -ac; emerge virtualbox-bin