CentOS - Dec 2013 - Can't install Python i686 on x86_64 system (centos 6.5)

Hello,

This is my first time posting to the list adn I've run into a problem
trying to install python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686 on my x86_64 bit system, which I
updated to CentOS 6.5 this evening. I receive the following error:

error: Failed dependencies:
    libpython2.6.so.1.0 is needed by python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
    python-libs(x86-32) = 2.6.6-51.el6 is needed by python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
    libpython2.6.so.1.0 is needed by python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686

Now I've downloaded the python and python-devel i686 versions from a mirror
and tried to install locally with 'sudo rpm -Uvh python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686', but I always receive the same error.

I tried 'sudo yum install python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686 with again the same error.

Brian Bernard

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Brian Bernard
<brian.brianbernard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is my first time posting to the list adn I've run into a problem
> trying to install python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686 on my x86_64 bit system, which I
> updated to CentOS 6.5 this evening. I receive the following error:
>
> error: Failed dependencies:
>     libpython2.6.so.1.0 is needed by python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
>     python-libs(x86-32) = 2.6.6-51.el6 is needed by
python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
>     libpython2.6.so.1.0 is needed by python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
Up to CentOS 6.4, python.i686 was included in the x86_64 tree. This is
not the case with CentOS 6.5, thus the error. [By the way, RHEL 6.5
does not have python.i686 in the x86_64 repo.]
> Now I've downloaded the python and python-devel i686 versions from a
mirror
> and tried to install locally with 'sudo rpm -Uvh
python-2.6.6-51.el6.i686
> python-devel-2.6.6-51.el6.i686', but I always receive the same error.
If you include python-libs.i686 in the mix, it may go further.

Akemi