RHEL TLDR; ========== EPEL rpm repo ------------- .. prompt:: bash sudo rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://yum.chrislea.com/centos/5/i386/chl-release-5-3.noarch.rpm rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CHL git ---- .. prompt:: bash sudo yum install git-core yum yum ------- .. prompt:: bash sudo yum install python26 python26-devel mysql-server python26-setuptools java-1.6.0-openjdk libjpeg-devel unixODBC unixODBC-devel freetds-devel MySQL-python26 python-ldap python-memcached mod_wsgi gcc-c++ pyodbc add alias for running easy\_intall & pip via python26 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. prompt:: bash alias easy26='sudo python26 /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/easy_install.py' easy26 pip optional, but do yourself a favor ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. prompt:: bash pip install virtualenv sudo mkdir /var/local/virt sudo chown mdid:staff virt virtualenv-2.6 -v --no-site-packages virt/mdid3 source virt/mdid3/bin/activate ... and then when you're done .. prompt:: bash deactivate