Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Question about installing python and modules on Red Hat Linux 6 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <2e88d2e2-bde6-4d8f-8f2f-06d6a9676ee4@googlegroups.com> <54676e23$0$13010$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1416066301 24877 24.118.110.103 (15 Nov 2014 15:45:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:45:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80828 On 2014-11-15, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > pythonista wrote: > >> I am developing a python application as a contractor. >> >> I would like to know if someone can provide me with some insight into the >> problems that then infrastructure team has been having. >> >> The scope of the project was to install python 2.7.8 and 4 modules/site >> packages on a fresh linux build. > > A "fresh linux build" of Red Hat Linux 6? RHL 6 was discontinued in 2000. > That's *at least* 14 years old. Why on earth are you using something so old > instead of a recent version of RHEL, Centos or Fedora? I'm sure the OP meant RHEL 6, and not RH 6 [yes, I realize you know that two and are just making a point about how it pays to include accurate info when asking for help.] The OP probably doesn't even _know_ that there was prior product line called RedHat Linux with a version 6. [Kids these days!] IIRC, I started with one of the "holiday" RedHat Linux releases before they were numbered. I think it was "Mothers Day" or "Holloween". The first numbered release I remember was RedHat Linux 3.something. RHL was pretty good up through the 6.x series, but 7.00 was utterly and famously shoddy [at that point I switched to Mandrake]. RH 7.00 was so notoriously bad, I'm surprised that they didn't skip "7" entirely in the RHEL product line to avoid the bad memories... -- Grant