[CentOS] best way to upgrade from default Python 2.4 to Python 2.6?

Tue May 8 15:39:23 UTC 2012
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

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