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Sam
Sam

Reputation: 4917

How do I set Django to use Python 2.7 instead of the default Python 2.4?

I am using CentOS. The default python installed is 2.4 and I also installed 2.7 in order to use Django.

How can I configure Django to use /usr/local/bin/python2.7 instead of just the default python command?

I have to leave the default Python as 2.4 because other services such as yum don't run with 2.7.

Or is there other solution?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 8095

Answers (3)

hughdbrown
hughdbrown

Reputation: 49013

The answer is to use virtualenv to set up a virtual environment for python2.7 and to install your stuff into that sandbox.

Here is some code to get you going:

$ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-dev build-essential
$ sudo easy_install -U pip
$ sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
$ mkdir ~/.virtualenvs
$ sudo cat >> ~/.bashrc << EOF
# virtualenvwrapper setup
export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV_ARGS='--no-site-packages --python=python2.7'
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
EOF
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ mkvirtualenv test
$ pip install django

I am assuming that CentOS uses sudo like Ubuntu does. Substitute the native call if not.

Upvotes: 0

Michał Zieliński
Michał Zieliński

Reputation: 1345

mod_wsgi is linked with specific version of Python. You have to recompile it with Python 2.7 and make Apache load new module (by editing file like /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/wsgi.load or /etc/apache2/modules.d/70_mod_wsgi.conf).

http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationIssues

Upvotes: 4

Vitalii Ponomar
Vitalii Ponomar

Reputation: 10936

Just run this command into your command shell: python2.7 /path/to/manage.py runserver

Then Django will run under python 2.7

Upvotes: 1

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