You can look at virtualenv from EPEL. You can install a separate python environment in a users home directory.
On 31/07/16 09:36, P. Larry Nelson wrote: > Hi all, > > Please don't shoot the questioner (me), as I have no experience with > Python, other than knowing "what" it is and that my SL6.8 systems have > version 2.6.6 installed. > > I have been asked by one of our Professors that one of his grad students > apparently needs Python 2.7.x installed on our cluster (optimally in > /usr/local, which is an NFS mounted dir everywhere). > > In my brief Googling, I have not found OS requirements for 2.7.x, but > have inferred that it probably needs SL7.x. > > Can anyone confirm that? > Or has anyone installed Python 2.7.x (and which .x?) on an SL6.8 system > without replacing 2.6.x? > > I'm guessing this can be quite a morass to delve into as when I do a > 'rpm -qa|grep -i python|wc' > It returns with 67 rpms with python in the rpm name! > > If the solution is indeed simple, I might proceed, otherwise, I'm > of a tendency to reply to the Professor and student, "No way - won't work." > I think the student probably has access to CERN systems that probably > have what he's looking for. > > I've followed up with that inquiry to the student and waiting to hear back. > > Thanks! > - Larry > > -- Steven Haigh Email: net...@crc.id.au Web: https://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
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