Another option is to build python from source and use 'make altinstall' instead of 'make install'. This way your default python version is untouched, and python will be installed as python2.6. Basic steps:
cd /usr/local/src wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6/Python-2.6.tgz tar -xzvf Python-2.6.tgz cd Python-2.6 ./configure make make altinstall This should install everything under /usr/local. The path to the python binary will be: /usr/local/bin/python2.6 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jordan Metzmeier Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ntop] Installing ntop 5.0.1 on CentOS 5.8 On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Justin Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote: > I did some Googling and found out that you can install python 2.6 but > that it will break Yum. As this warning is under the "Optional > libraries and headers" can python 2.6 be disabled or is there someway > to use python 2.4? If python 2.6 can be disabled what functionality > will be lost? The problem with yum only occurs when you replace the default installation of Python. The EPEL repository contains python26 packages that can be safely installed on CentOS 5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop ________________________________ Information in this e-mail may be confidential. It is intended only for the addressee(s) identified above. If you are not the addressee(s), or an employee or agent of the addressee(s), please note that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender of the error. _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
