CentOS: revert python version back to original

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2013-08
  • Neil

    I installed python 2.6 using the instructions here on CentOS 5.4. However I realized it was a bad move and I need to revert back to 2.4, which was there originally. Can anyone guide me on how to undo what I did here? In particular, I am not sure how to undo this:

    Configure ld to find your shared libs:

    $ cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/opt-python2.5.conf /opt/python2.5/lib (hit enter) (hit ctrl-d to return to shell) $ ldconfig

    I tried removing the alias and the symlink and even re-aliasing python to /usr/bin/python, but when I try to install an RPM i get this error:

    error: Failed dependencies: libpython2.4.so.1.0 is needed by ...

    Thanks in advance.

    • Answers
  • Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

    Download the Python packages from here and force an install as follows:

    rpm -Uvh --force python-*.i386.rpm

    And for pete's sake, next time build from source and use make altinstall.


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    http://blog.frameos.org/2010/10/15/installing-jruby-and-trinidad-in-framoscentos/

    Yum install jruby instead of Trinidad.