[CentOS] Getting yum to install to python 2.7 dir

Mon Apr 28 14:29:44 UTC 2014
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

On 4/28/2014 5:59 AM, Larry Martell wrote:
> It did not install to /usr/bin/python - I never said that it did. It
> installed to /usr/local/bin/python2.7. I then linked
> /usr/local/bin/python2.7 to /usr/bin/python so 2.7 would be picked up
> as the default.

instead, you should have put /usr/local/bin in your path in front of 
/usr/bin  just for those users or jobs that need it.



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