On Mon, 4 Jul 2016, John Hodrien wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jul 2016, qw wrote: > >> centos 6.8 comes with python 2.6. But I want to use python 2.7 to build >> gstreamer sdk. I have built python 2.7 and installed it into my custom >> directory. How to set centos to use python 2.7 by default instead of python >> 2.6? > > Don't. If you try to swap out the standard python with another one, expect > almost everything you hold dear to break. John Hodrien's reply was done well. Such replies are so rarely done well that I thought it worth noting. Often it's just "Don't", "Don't do that" or "Don't do that, it's stupid". -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards