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Alex
Alex

Reputation: 199

use python 2.7.13 in Redhat 6.7 instead of the default python 2.6

I want to use python 2.7 by deafult in Redhat 6.7 distro to run my scripts currently the distro is having python 2.6 by default which I dont want to use. So far what I have done :

changed the etc/bashrc file and added the path

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

after this when I type python it shows me the same old 2.6 version and scripts fail to run which has to be run using 2.7 version. When i call my python it should show me 2.7 and scripts should automatically take that version to run.

For ex:- I want to run a simple script which will print the data from an api url

import urllib
import json
url = 'www.jamesst/api.com'
data = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url))
print data

This cannot be run in ver 2.6 it requires 2.7 if any alternative is there for code itself, kindly share the same.

Any help would be great.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2853

Answers (2)

RamenOps
RamenOps

Reputation: 372

You can use the alternatives utility in order to use python27 as your default python using the following steps:

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 1

This command will add python to alternatives and make python27 your default python's version.

Upvotes: 0

Mike Guerette
Mike Guerette

Reputation: 546

Use the Red Hat Software Collections (SCL) version of Python 2.7. SCL install alongside the original 2.6 version so it won't mess with the OS. There's a simple "SCL enable" command and then they usual yum install. Then follow the docs so that 2.7 is default for your apps.

See https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Software_Collections/2/html/2.2_Release_Notes/chap-RHSCL.html#sect-RHSCL-Features

Upvotes: 1

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