title: Python Redhat version issue
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10624511/upgrade-python-without-breaking-yum">Upgrade python without breaking yum</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm running a Redhat VM (2.6.18-274.el5 64 bit). I installed nodejs on the vm in order to use browserstack. To get nodejs running I had to upgrade Python to 2.6 or above. I installed 2.7 from source using make altinstall. Then I createda  hard-link to point from 2.4 to 2.7. Checking the python -V now shows 2.7 being the default. That all worked out fine and node is now up and running.</p>
  
  <pre><code>There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
  required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
  
     No module named yum
  
  Please install a package which provides this module, or
  verify that the module is installed correctly.
  
  It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
  current version of Python, which is:
  2.7.2 (default, Jul  2 2012, 23:35:52) 
  [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-51)]
  
  If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to 
  the yum faq at:
    http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My problem is Yum. It's no longer working as its looking for the older version of Python which is 2.4? Is there anyway I can have both of them working as in Yum and node both using different versions? </p>