Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
Thanks!
Eric
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 03:55:06PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
I think pyvault (google for it) may be your best bet as far as a somewhat clean RPM-based implementation. However, I don't know how maintained it is and the docs for getting it set up correctly were pretty non-existent last time I checked.
Maybe someone knows of a "better" way.
Ray
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Ray Van Dolson rvandolson@esri.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 03:55:06PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
I think pyvault (google for it) may be your best bet as far as a somewhat clean RPM-based implementation. However, I don't know how maintained it is and the docs for getting it set up correctly were pretty non-existent last time I checked.
Maybe someone knows of a "better" way.
I don't but I strongly suggest that you do NOT replace the base python packages with a newer version. A lot of core tools (like yum) depend on python. So replace the base python package with a newer one could very well break your complete system. As Eric suggests find a way to install python 2.4 besides the core python in a seperate place so you don't start mixing them.
Regards, Tim
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 09:06:00PM +0100, Tim Verhoeven wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Ray Van Dolson rvandolson@esri.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 03:55:06PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
I think pyvault (google for it) may be your best bet as far as a somewhat clean RPM-based implementation. However, I don't know how maintained it is and the docs for getting it set up correctly were pretty non-existent last time I checked.
Maybe someone knows of a "better" way.
I don't but I strongly suggest that you do NOT replace the base python packages with a newer version. A lot of core tools (like yum) depend on python. So replace the base python package with a newer one could very well break your complete system. As Eric suggests find a way to install python 2.4 besides the core python in a seperate place so you don't start mixing them.
Yeah, definitely a can of worms. I will note that the pyvault RPM's do seem to have a lot of packages geared towards keeping functionality working -- including making use of 'alternatives'. I've tried it and everything appeared to work, but.. who knows? :)
I wouldn't do it on a production system anyways.
Ray
"Ray Van Dolson" rvandolson@esri.com wrote in message news:20080311200841.GA19540@esri.com...
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 09:06:00PM +0100, Tim Verhoeven wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Ray Van Dolson rvandolson@esri.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 03:55:06PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be
installed on
CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to
use
required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms
that I
find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that
works with
CentOS4 libs.
I think pyvault (google for it) may be your best bet as far as a somewhat clean RPM-based implementation. However, I don't know how maintained it is and the docs for getting it set up correctly were pretty non-existent last time I checked.
Maybe someone knows of a "better" way.
I don't but I strongly suggest that you do NOT replace the base python packages with a newer version. A lot of core tools (like yum) depend on python. So replace the base python package with a newer one could very well break your complete system. As Eric suggests find a way to install python 2.4 besides the core python in a seperate place so you don't start mixing them.
Yeah, definitely a can of worms. I will note that the pyvault RPM's do seem to have a lot of packages geared towards keeping functionality working -- including making use of 'alternatives'. I've tried it and everything appeared to work, but.. who knows? :)
Yeah - that is actually a problem I am having. I'm having trouble with the "alternatives" link that it has placed as /usr/bin/python. I've been struggling to use "alternatives" to point /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python2.3, but just can't seem to understand how this "alternatives" pkg works.
Does anyone have experience with it?
Tx,
Eric
"Eric B." ebenze@hotmail.com wrote in message news:fr6o2t$5jf$1@ger.gmane.org...
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
Ok - I may have been a little quick to post this. I finally found Python 2.4 on python.org (don't know why i couldn't find it the first time I checked there). http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4/rpms/
However, it doesn't upgrade python 2.3, but installs alongside.
If I try to upgrade python 2.3 to 2.4, am I just asking for trouble?
Tx,
Eric
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 04:01:52PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
"Eric B." ebenze@hotmail.com wrote in message news:fr6o2t$5jf$1@ger.gmane.org...
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
Ok - I may have been a little quick to post this. I finally found Python 2.4 on python.org (don't know why i couldn't find it the first time I checked there). http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4/rpms/
However, it doesn't upgrade python 2.3, but installs alongside.
If I try to upgrade python 2.3 to 2.4, am I just asking for trouble?
Yeah. Just do the side-by-side thing I'd say and make your scripts reference /usr/bin/python2.4 ...
Ray
"Ray Van Dolson" rvandolson@esri.com wrote in message news:20080311201253.GA19588@esri.com...
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 04:01:52PM -0400, Eric B. wrote:
"Eric B." ebenze@hotmail.com wrote in message news:fr6o2t$5jf$1@ger.gmane.org...
Hi,
Has anyone managed to find a Python 2.4 rpm binary that can be installed on CentOS4? I'm running CentOS4.6 and an application that I want to use required python 2.4 or greater. All the CentOS/RHEL4 python rpms that I find are all for python 2.3. I can't seem to find anything that works with CentOS4 libs.
Ok - I may have been a little quick to post this. I finally found Python 2.4 on python.org (don't know why i couldn't find it the first time I checked there). http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4/rpms/
However, it doesn't upgrade python 2.3, but installs alongside.
If I try to upgrade python 2.3 to 2.4, am I just asking for trouble?
Yeah. Just do the side-by-side thing I'd say and make your scripts reference /usr/bin/python2.4 ...
Thanks - that's what I will end up doing....
Eric
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