Redhat and Python 2.x.x

[Peter Hansen]

john doe wrote:
> 
> My trouble is, I am using a RH 7.2 machine for learning, and since the
> default install of Python is 1.5.2 I have been having troubles with
> proper install of libs since I added python 2 to the mix.
> 
> What I am trying to figure out is, how do you mix and match libraries? Is
> it possible? An example would be, I just installed pybber to look at and
> I cannot get it running. I switched parts of the app to:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/python2 so it will at least execute..
> 
> But it still complains that libs are missing, yet when I look for the
> libs, they are there, just installed for 1.5.2.

You need separate binary libraries compiled for the appropriate
distributions.  (And if by "libs" you mean the Python-based lib
directory with all the .py files in it, you still need two 
separate ones installed.)