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Current Python version is 2.4…

yum upgrade python

Gives

Could not find update match for python

Do I have to install from source?

Yes you need to install from source, you can use the following:

wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/Python-2.5.2.tgz tar fxz Python-2.5.2.tgz cd Python-2.5.2 ./configure make make install

This will insatll python2.5 as the command python2.5, as yum and other parts of CentOS require the old Python 2.4, so you will have two versions of python installed.

/usr/bin/python – 2.4.3 /usr/bin/python2.5 – 2.5

Tags: python, python2.5, python2.6

Categories: Linux