How to install python2.6-devel package under CentOs 5

I need to install mysql-python under python2.6. mysql-python package needs python2.6-devel package that depends on the libpython2.6.so.1.0(64bit) I found on th开发者_开发百科e net some python2.6-devel packages, but can't find libpython2.6 Server architecture is x86_64.

Maybe someone have this lib, or know where i can find it.

Thanks for help)

On CentOS 6.2, I solved the problem by finding the right version of the python-devel :

yum search python | grep -i devel

Then I installed :

yum  install python-devel.x86_64

And :

easy_install psycopg2

I have the same issue and this wonderful link solved it for me...

http://blog.milford.io/2010/08/new-method-for-installing-python-2-6-4-with-mysql-python-on-centos-5-5/

I followed some of the steps out of order because I was a little antsy and got some interesting error messages. I couldn't get mysqldb to build, but then I ran yum to install the packages i was supposed to be building and voila, mysqldb now builds and installs.

Let me know if it still doesn't work afterwards.

Actually you don't have to follow all steps in the article http://blog.milford.io/2010/08/new-method-for-installing-python-2-6-4-with-mysql-python-on-centos-5-5/. Just build python2.6(+) from source will solve the problem, i.e., don't rely on yum. If you have python26 installed by yum, you can remove it first(and python26-devel too), and re-install python2.6 from source, then setuptools, and finally MySQL-python.

The following link may help: http://blog.csdn.net/inte_sleeper/archive/2011/06/20/6556103.aspx