Sells, Fred wrote: > We are in the process of standardizing ~10 Linux servers on Lineox 4.x, > which is a variant of RedHat Enterprise server I'm told. Part of that > process is to standardize python. > > The baseline install includes python 2.3 which is adequate, but I would like > to standardize on 2.4.1, because it is the latest and greatest and has a few > modules that would be nice to have. I installed python 2.4.1 ok, creating > a python24 directory alongside the pyhton23 directory. The problems started > when I tried to install MySQLdb. > > My problem is that all the rpm installs seem to impact the 2.3 that's there. > When I check the 2.3 site-packages directory, I find alot of goodies like > > Alchemist.py kudzu.py rpmdb > authconfigmodule.so rpmmodule.so CacheBlackBox.py libusermodule.so > _snackmodule.so > mod_python snack.py CompatMysqldb.py mx > CompatMysqldb.pyc MySQLdb FileBlackBox.py _mysql_exceptions.py > URLBlackBox.py > ForgeBlackBox.py _mysql.so xf86config.py ForgeBlackBox.pyo > pyalchemist_python.py > _xmlplus > ixf86configmodule.so > > I assume some system tools must use them, even if I don't. I don't know if > I can just copy all this into the 2.4 site-packages (deleting .pyc and .pyo) > and get what I need. > > I'm not a sysadmin hotshot, and our sysadmin is not a python hotshot, so > between us we can really screw up a system. We would really like to stick > with either apt-get or rpm installs to keep our sysadmin issues under > control. Has anyone hit this wall already and found a reasonable solution?. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message may be privileged and / or > confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify the sender > immediately by replying to this message and deleting the material from any > computer. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since you have two versions of Python on the machine, which one is first in the execution path? What is the output of the 'python -V' command? You might also try 'which python' or 'whence python' commands. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
