On Jan 27, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Tim Soderstrom wrote: > Hi Garey! > > I could be wrong, but I believe Python 2.6 is designed to be side-by-side. > You don't want to go ripping out the RHEL version of Python since that could > break a ton of things (most notably 'yum'). Thus you should just be able to > do something like 'yum install python26' and be good to go. Again, I could be > wrong since I haven't done that myself but I think that's how IUS is setup. >
Absolutely right. Python is one of those things that you never want to muck with. For that reason it is a side-by-side parallel install. Additionally, python26 was accepted into EPEL 5 and has been EOL'd from IUS. Though, because IUS relies on EPEL its all the same if you're subscribed to both: $ sudo yum install python26 You can then access it as: $ /usr/bin/python2.6 Let us know if you need help beyond that. --- BJ Dierkes Linux Systems Engineer IV / [RH]acker Infrastructure Services [Development] Rackspace Hosting > Hope that helps! > > Tim > > > On Jan 27, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Garey Mills wrote: > >> I have a RedHat RHEL 5 installation, and I would like to update the >> Python to 2.6. However, when I go to erase the current Python (2.4), yum >> wants to erase some 396 packages. What is the process I should follow to >> upgrade the Python, or is it more common to install Python2.6 parallel >> to the supplied Python? >> -- >> This message was sent from Launchpad by >> Garey Mills (https://launchpad.net/~gmills) >> using the "Contact this team" link on the IUS Community Members team page >> (https://launchpad.net/~ius-community). >> For more information see >> https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ius-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ius-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ius-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ius-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ius-community Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ius-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
