Problem installing Python2.1 on RH 7.1

[Hanna Joo]

Hello

I've been trying to install the newest version on RH 7.1. After millions of
dependency errors finally it is installed.

Problem is, although it seems to have been installed correctly (all the
libraries are there, files have been copied etc), I cannot find python in
the path. I thought the -U option in rpm removed the older version -  which
did not happen. All I can find in my path is 1.5.2.

Any help will be appreciated

TIA

Hanna