Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > But, you're right: anybody who spent more than a half hour on this is > either a flaming incompetent or a scam artist. Half an hour of human time, maybe, but potentially spread across a few hours of wall time. Building Python from source can

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-16 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-11-16, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2014-11-15, Steven D'Aprano >> wrote: >>> pythonista wrote: >>> I am developing a python application as a contractor. I would like to know if someone can provide me with some insight into the problems that t

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > In my last system administration job, we forbade installing from source, > at least in the manner you are describing. It's a maintenance > nightmare. Especially when it comes time to upgrade the system and get > things up and running on a

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/15/2014 06:08 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Assuming it was RHEL 6, then installing Python 2.7 from source as a separate > application from the system Python should be trivially easy, half an hour's > work. Download the source, untar, run ./configure, make, make altinstall > and you should be

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Assuming it was RHEL 6, then installing Python 2.7 from source as a separate > application from the system Python should be trivially easy, half an hour's > work. Download the source, untar, run ./configure, make, make altinstall > and you

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2014-11-15, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> pythonista wrote: >> >>> I am developing a python application as a contractor. >>> >>> I would like to know if someone can provide me with some insight into >>> the problems that then infrastructure team has been having. >>> >>>

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/15/2014 10:13 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > If it's a package that won't conflict, such as Python 2.4, you can Ahem, that should have been 3.4 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/14/2014 08:01 PM, pythonista wrote: > The scope of the project was to install python 2.7.8 and 4 modules/site > packages on a fresh linux build. I neglected to put the URL for software collections in my reply to you. Here it is. https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/python27/

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Michael Torrie
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 infra

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/14/2014 08:01 PM, pythonista wrote: > Can anyone provide me with insight as to the scope what the problem could > have been? Well the fact is that RHEL 6 uses Python 2.6 as a core system package. Many system utilities depend on it, so it cannot be replaced with a newer version. You must in

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2014-11-15, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > pythonista wrote: > >> I am developing a python application as a contractor. >> >> I would like to know if someone can provide me with some insight into the >> problems that then infrastructure team has been having. >> >> The scope of the project was to in

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
pythonista wrote: > I am developing a python application as a contractor. > > I would like to know if someone can provide me with some insight into the > problems that then infrastructure team has been having. > > The scope of the project was to install python 2.7.8 and 4 modules/site > packages

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 14Nov2014 19:01, pythonista wrote: I am developing a python application as a contractor. I would like to know if someone can provide me with some insight into the problems that then infrastructure team has been having. The scope of the project was to install python 2.7.8 and 4 modules/site

Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6

2014-11-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:01 PM, pythonista wrote: > The scope of the project was to install python 2.7.8 and 4 modules/site > packages on a fresh linux build. > > The first team failed after almost 3 weeks of work. > > Then they put their star Linux administrator on the task and it took almost