Install python 2.6 in CentOS
centos, python, rpath
Solution
You could also use the EPEL-repository, and then do `sudo yum install python26` to install python 2.6
Problem
I have a shell that runs CentOS. For a project I'm doing, I need python 2.5+, but centOS is pretty dependent on 2.4. From what I've read, a number of things will break if you upgrade to 2.5. I want to install 2.5 separately from 2.4, but I'm not sure how to do it. So far I've downloaded the source tarball, untarred it, and did a `./configure --prefix=/opt` which is where I want it to end up. Can I now just `make, make install` ? Or is there more?