[CentOS] Can't install Python i686 on x86_64 system (centos 6.5)

Mon Dec 2 04:18:34 UTC 2013
Brian Bernard <brian.brianbernard at gmail.com>

Hi Akemi,

Installing python-libs along with python and python-devel worked after
first installing the i686 versions of gdbm and libffi.

Thank you for your assistance.

Brian Bernard
On Dec 1, 2013 10:59 PM, "Akemi Yagi" <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Brian Bernard
> <brian.brianbernard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is my first time posting to the list adn I've run into a problem
> > trying to install python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686 on my x86_64 bit system,
> which I
> > updated to CentOS 6.5 this evening. I receive the following error:
> >
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >     libpython2.6.so.1.0 is needed by python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
> >     python-libs(x86-32) = 2.6.6-51.el6 is needed by
> python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
> >     libpython2.6.so.1.0 is needed by python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
>
> Up to CentOS 6.4, python.i686 was included in the x86_64 tree. This is
> not the case with CentOS 6.5, thus the error. [By the way, RHEL 6.5
> does not have python.i686 in the x86_64 repo.]
>
> > Now I've downloaded the python and python-devel i686 versions from a
> mirror
> > and tried to install locally with 'sudo rpm -Uvh python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
> > python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686', but I always receive the same error.
>
> If you include python-libs.i686 in the mix, it may go further.
>
> Akemi
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