On 10/03/2018 10:17 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 10/02/2018 07:59 AM, mchathuran...@gmail.com wrote: >> I guess from the little knowledge I have I should have executed >> altinstall instead of install. Anyone know how to resolve this? > > Actually you probably should not have used a tarball at all. For some > time now, Red Hat has offered more recent compilers and languages in RPM > format that can install along side the system versions. This is far > easier and far safer to work with on older operating systems. I assume > you are using a redhat subscription for your RHEL6 install. Follow this: > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/472793 > > If you don't have an active subscription, you might be able to use the > CentOS version of software collections at: > https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/
Sorry to reply to my own post, but here's a more specific page about Python 2.7 for either CentOS or RHEL: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/python27/ See the bottom of the page for instructions on enabling the YUM repository for RHEL6. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list