Browsing around, It seems that REHL5 supports only Python 2.4. On the other hand, Fedora 11 have included Python 2.6 since June.
See: http://www.geekymedia.com/tech-articles/rhel5-centos5-rpms-for-python-2-5-and-2-6/ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Python_2.6 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11 - Didip - On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Thomas G. Willis <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Mario Romero <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA224 > > > > it seems your upgrade to python 2.6 broke yum. > > Personally, I suggest you get rid of RH and stick to Ubuntu. > > Otherwise you need to fix yum (by rolling back to 2.4 perhaps) and > > after that make sure zlib is installed as well as its development > > headers (zlib/zlib-devel) > > you also might be forced to have 2 different python versions running > > in your system, in which case you might want to look at using > > virtualenv (you should do this whatever you decide to do). > > > > > +1 > > Just to further expound on this advice. Ubuntu also uses python for > some system critical functions so I've gotten in the habit of building > from source and installing in ~/local and then virtualenv, per > project. This way I can only hose my home directory by installing > various packages and such. > > > ./configure --prefix=/home/you/local && make && make install > > then install distribute > > $ curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py > $ python distribute_setup.py > > then install virtualenv > > $ easy_install virtualenv > > > keep sanity in tact. > > > -- > Thomas G. Willis > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<pylons-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
