CentOS (rel6) with default python 2.6, but seperate 3.3.5 installation
- by Silvertiger
I have a CentOS server (rel6) that had python installed (2.6), but I needed a few features in 3.3+. I installed 3.3 into a seperate folder and made a symbolic link to execute it:
I installed setup tools:
yum install python-setuptools
I installed a needed module"pandas"
easy_install pandas
I executed my pyton script, which encountered an error that required i use a newer version
I downloaded and installed Python 3.3.5 to it's own folder so as to not override my default python
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.3.5/Python-3.3.5.tar.xz
tar xJf ./Python-3.3.5.tar.xz
cd ./Python-3.3.5
./configure --prefix=/opt/python
make
make install
Made s symbolic link to allow me to execute this new python:
ln -s /opt/python3.3/bin/python3.3 ~/bin/py
The problem is that when I execute the python script with my new py alias, it does not have all the addons needed (explicitly MySQLdb) which the default install does.
How do i go about installing the MySQLdb module, or any for that matter, to be reachable or useable for the new Python 3.3.5 installation? Or is there a way to make the current modules in 2.6 available to 3.3.5 as well?
