On 11/15/2014 08:15 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > A "fresh linux build" of Red Hat Linux 6? RHL 6 was discontinued in 2000.
Yes I know you're making a point about not assuming anything, but the odds are very good that the OP meant RHEL6. And meaning RHEL6, there are some good reasons why the infrastructure team struggled, since Python 2.6 is a core system dependency and cannot easily be overridden without breaking the entire system. The answer is either use Redhat Software Collections[1], or compile from scratch to /opt. [1] https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/python27/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
