Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-23 Thread Susan Day
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Jim Perrin jper...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:31 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: If you absolutely have to have 2.6 for some user application, I would compile and install it to run somewhere else, like /usr/local/python26 or

[CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Susan Day
Hi; I have an old version of Python (2.4.3) and I'm trying to upgrade (to 2.6); however, when I try yum upgrade python it tells me that it's already got the latest and greatest...presumably of 2.4.3. I've tried yum list python and it only gives me the 2.4.3. Are there no others? Do I have to build

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Susan Day suzieprogram...@gmail.com wrote: Hi; I have an old version of Python (2.4.3) and I'm trying to upgrade (to 2.6); however, when I try yum upgrade python it tells me that it's already got the latest and greatest...presumably of 2.4.3. I've tried yum

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Susan Day
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Susan Day suzieprogram...@gmail.com wrote: Hi; I have an old version of Python (2.4.3) and I'm trying to upgrade (to 2.6); however, when I try yum upgrade python it tells me that

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Susan Day suzieprogram...@gmail.com wrote: Where can I get the latest version of XyZ.rpm for CentOS? I cannot find it anywhere. ( http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-472ce8446ebcfc82ca1800f775ba0e629ac835c7 ) Well that states that the latest stable

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Akemi Yagi wrote on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:08:43 -0700: You might want to read this FAQ: AND, you do not want to upgrade python on a CentOS system. You may install a newer python in parallel, but never upgrade the system python. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services:

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Susan Day
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: In a package-based distro like CentOS, installing from tarballs is strongly discouraged. Please also take a look at: http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls Yeah I know. Thanks for the link. I've tried

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread John R Pierce
Kai Schaetzl wrote: AND, you do not want to upgrade python on a CentOS system. You may install a newer python in parallel, but never upgrade the system python. indeed. lots of CentOS utilties, including Yum itself, are written in python, and python has a horrible track record for

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading Python with Yum

2010-03-22 Thread Jim Perrin
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:31 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: If you absolutely have to have 2.6 for some user application, I would compile and install it to run somewhere else, like /usr/local/python26 or /opt/mystuff/python26 The IUS Community repository has a newer version of