Python2.7 / Pip2.7 install in Centos6: root does not see /usr/local/bin
- by Erotemic
I am trying to install Python2.7 in Centos 6. It's a pain as centos6 ships with python26 and yum is dependent on it. Furthermore yum does not seem to have python2.7
I ended up building it from source:
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/Python-2.7.6.tgz
gunzip Python-2.7.6.tgz
tar -xvf Python-2.7.6.tar
cd Python-2.7.6
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"
make
sudo make altinstall
cd ~
This installed python2.7 to /usr/local/bin and I can use it. But I cannot call it with sudo unless I specify the whole pathname
To install pip I had to do:
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo /usr/local/bin/python2.7 get-pip.py
Now whenever I want a package I have to call
sudo /usr/local/bin/pip2.7 install somepackage
Is there a clean way to be able to run:
sudo pip2.7 install somepackage
without having to specify the absolute path? Is a symlink into /usr/bin safe?
