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 at 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