[TriLUG] Python x 2 on 1 system?

Warren Myers volcimaster at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 09:57:11 EDT 2007


Python is highly relocatable - as long as you build the interpreter in a
self-contained fashion, and it's not in your 'normal' path (or if it is, it
has a different name).

We do this at $WORK to distribute our own Python environment for some of the
software we run.

WMM

On 6/20/07, Jeffery Painter <jeff_painter at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> I have setup custom python installations in $HOME to do version specific
> tasks, or use version specific modules. Compilation really isn't too
> hairy, and the autoconf stuff should pick up necessary dependencies
> provided you've installed gcc and related items. Let me know if you need
> further advice
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Jeffery Painter
>
> Knowledge Engineer
> Semantic Technologies Group
> Statistical and Quantitative Sciences
> GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development
>
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jlpaint2
> (919) 321-0378
> -------------------------------------------
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I need to be able to run python v2.4 or later, but the standard version
> > for RHEL4.x appears to only go to 2.3.  Someone told me that there is
> (or
> > used to be) a redhat RPM that would install a second version of python,
> > without conflicting with the standard v2.3, but I am unable to locate
> it.
> >
> > I asked Redhat to confirm whether or not there is in fact a newer
> version
> > of python that I can install without causing issues to the current
> version
> > and its dependencies.  If so, where can I find it?  Their response was
> > fairly typical (see below) so as to not void any SLAs.  However, python
> is
> > a tricky beast so maybe it's true this time.  Can anyone confirm or deny
> > the ability to run a second version of python?  I suspect I would have
> to
> > download/compile/install from source.
> >
> >
> > <Redhat response>
> >  Thank you for contacting Red Hat support.
> >
> > It is not possible to install two different version of python package ,
> 2.3
> > and 2.4, on the same system, the python package is not relocatable.
> >
> > The latest python version is available with RHEL4 is 2.3, the 2.4 is
> > available with RHEL5 and fedora. Please note that as per SLA installing
> > these packages on a RHEL4 box is not supportable. Please refer the
> > following URL for more details.
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/support/policy/soc/production/
> >
> > You can find the RHEL5 version of the specified rpm on the following
> > location.
> >
> > https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/packages/details.pxt?pid=387877
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
> > </Redhat response>
> >
> >
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