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Due to the fact that the RHEL package manager (YUM) is dependend on that version , it is not possible to update this version. | Due to the fact that the RHEL package manager (YUM) is dependend on that version , it is not possible to update this version. | ||
| − | However! There is an easy and save way to install Python 2.7 without "breaking" YUM. | + | However! There is an easy and save way to install Python 2.7 (and/or 3.3 )without "breaking" YUM. |
By using the RedHat Software Collections, which installs rpms and the supporting libraries in /opt, you can use a "higher" Python version. | By using the RedHat Software Collections, which installs rpms and the supporting libraries in /opt, you can use a "higher" Python version. | ||
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<nowiki>sudo sh -c 'wget -qO- http://people.redhat.com/bkabrda/scl_python27.repo >> /etc/yum.repos.d/scl.repo'</nowiki> | <nowiki>sudo sh -c 'wget -qO- http://people.redhat.com/bkabrda/scl_python27.repo >> /etc/yum.repos.d/scl.repo'</nowiki> | ||
| + | For Python 3.3 replace scl_python27 with scl_python33.repo | ||
now you can install python 2.7: | now you can install python 2.7: | ||
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<nowiki>scl -l</nowiki> | <nowiki>scl -l</nowiki> | ||
<nowiki>python27</nowiki> | <nowiki>python27</nowiki> | ||
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Now it is possible to enable python 2.7 in your (bash) shell: | Now it is possible to enable python 2.7 in your (bash) shell: | ||
Latest revision as of 13:40, 19 December 2017
On RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.x the "default Python version is 2.6.X. Due to the fact that the RHEL package manager (YUM) is dependend on that version , it is not possible to update this version.
However! There is an easy and save way to install Python 2.7 (and/or 3.3 )without "breaking" YUM.
By using the RedHat Software Collections, which installs rpms and the supporting libraries in /opt, you can use a "higher" Python version.
How to install this with a repository
First, install the Software Collection tools:
sudo yum install scl-utils
Now install a yum repo for Python .27 scl ( short for " Software Collection":
sudo sh -c 'wget -qO- http://people.redhat.com/bkabrda/scl_python27.repo >> /etc/yum.repos.d/scl.repo'
For Python 3.3 replace scl_python27 with scl_python33.repo
now you can install python 2.7:
sudo yum install python27
now we going to use the "Software Collection":
scl -l python27
Now it is possible to enable python 2.7 in your (bash) shell:
scl enable python27 bash python -V Python 2.7.x
