[CentOS] how to use python 2.7 by default instead python 2.6 on centos 6.8

[John Hodrien]

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.

jh