Wow, Python 2.4 was last updated on October 18, 2006. Since Centos 5 still has about 2 years of life but fewer and fewer Python packages support 2.4, it might

Wow, Python 2.4 was last updated on October 18, 2006. Since Centos 5 still has about 2 years of life but fewer and fewer Python packages support 2.4, it might be worth looking at Pyenv: https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv Good overview of what it lets you do: http://fgimian.github.io/blog/2014/04/20/better-python-version-and-environment-management-with-pyenv/ http://fgimian.github.io/blog/2014/04/20/better-python-versi...