On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote: > What is the best way to upgrade to Python 2.6 from the default Python 2.4. > > I'm running CentOS 5 --> Linux mybox.domain.com 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 #1 > SMP Tue Apr 12 18:10:13 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > I've read these horror stories online and don't want to break yum. I installed python 2.7 on my CentOS-5 box by following this: http://blog.milford.io/2012/01/building-and-installing-python-2-7-rpms-on-centos-5-7/ It will not touch the existing 2.4. Akemi