I think Python 2.4 was installed with the OS. I installed Python 2.7 from an .egg file that I downloaded. I'm a bit new to this terminology, so not sure if that considered Centos package management.
I think you're right about Python2.4 being set as the default. Does anyone know how to persuade it otherwise for installation purposes? Thanks. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 09/26/2013 02:14 PM, Augori wrote: > >> Okay, I'm sorry for the questions. But I'm really confused about where >> things are being installed. I know that yum installed it under 2.4 >> site-packages because I checked for it inside there before and after I >> ran the yum command. >> >> There is an easy_install.pth file under /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site- >> packages/ as well, but would that be invoked when I call easy_install >> when I'm logged in as root? >> >> As for 2.6, that would be fine, but I don't seem to have a >> /user/bin/python2.6 (whereas, I do have a /user/bin/python2.4). Maybe >> it's because I'm on CentOS5, which comes with 2.4. >> >> I tried to use the rpm --prefix flag to move the rpm, but to no avail. >> >> > Well you said you have both Python 2.4 and 2.7 installed on the machine. > > Were they both installed via Centos package management? > > If so Python 2.4 is probably set as the default and if you install the > package for Python it will install for 2.4. You probably need to specify > the python version. Not sure how Centos names its packages, but I am using > openSUSE and the default package(where the default Python is 2.7) is > python-psycopg2 and the Python 3 version(which I also have installed) is > python3-psycopg2 > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@gmail.com >
