On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:48:20PM +0100, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > > Am 23.01.2011 um 06:33 schrieb KenAdler: > > > > >In setting up my Centos 5.5 python2.6.6.... > > > >I was able to do easy_install virtualenv with no problem > > > >However, later on when I am following the "System Package Install" > >instructions it tells me to do: > >yum install python-virtualenv. > > > >When I do that I get the error: > >"No package python-virtualenv available." > > > >Any thoughts on what is going on here... and what is the difference > >between > >these two seemingly similar commands. > Are you using a system python-2.6 (the python2.6 package from the EPEL repository) or a self-compiled version? If you're using a self-compiled version, then chances are you'll need to install the virtualenv package into that tree. If you're using the EPEL package, see below.
> > The one installs virtualenv using python's own package management via > setuptools, the other the distro's package. I don't know centos, but > maybe the package name is spellt wrong, or it's not even existing. I > wouldn't bother to much, if the virtualenv is installed. > It sounds like you need to have the EPEL package repositories installed:: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#Using_EPEL virtualenv isn't shipped with RHEL5 but the EPEL add-on repository has it. Maybe the documentation that talks about centos/rhel should be updated to reflect this? lmacken? -Toshio
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