Change default Python version from 2.4 to 2.6

Question

I\'m wanting to use some newer software that requires Python 2.6, and we currently have both 2.4 and 2.6 installed on our dedicated Ce

Answer 1

In CentOS

ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python2.6 /usr/local/bin/python
ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/python

To check version do:

python -V

Then to fix yum "No module named yum", you should do:

vi `which yum`

and modify #!/usr/bin/python to #!/usr/bin/python2.4