>> I autocompleted $python and found python2.4 there. seems odd
>> though. but at least now I will have 2.4 features by typing
>> $python2.4
> 
> You could create a link somewhere in your path named python, and
> point it at python2.4, or you could even rename (mv) the executable. 
> But maybe someone will know why this happened, maybe there's some
> sort of conflict.

Doing a link is how the RedHat based distros do it.  The actual binary
gets installed with the version attached (gcc3, gcc3.3, etc...) and then
a symlink is created to make it the default found by most applications. 
  Renaming it may have consequences for applying updates (whether by deb
or rpm) as the new version will be trying to replace or remove that
python2.4 file and not finding it.  Without realising it you'll still be
trying to use 2.4 when your system has installed 2.6 (as an example).
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