To the two Stevens,
Thanks for the possible solutions to this!
However, I did hear back from the grad student and his response was:
"I'm installing some python packages and need a higher version of numpy, which
asks for python 2.7. I'll try on CERN system. Thanks!"
Hopefully that's the last I'll hear of it.... :-)
I have 4 weeks left with the U of I, I'm totally consumed working on another
project involving Docker and Shifter, and don't really have the time nor the
wherewithal to deal with it.
- Larry
Steven J. Yellin wrote on 7/30/16 8:20 PM:
> Another way is to get Python-2.7.12.tar.xz from
> https://www.python.org/downloads/, extract into directory Python-2.7.12 with
> 'tar -xJf Python-2.7.12.tar.xz', and see its README file for what to do next to
> get it in /usr/local.
>
> Steven Yellin
>
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016, Steven Haigh wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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