In RedHat by default python installed. We are going to see the Python installation in Linux/Unix.
First we have to prepare our system to install Python.
Preparing system:
login as root user, as its a administrator and having full privileges.
Use subscription-manager to know whether you have access to RedHat software repository or not.
[root@server ~]# subscription-manager repos --list-enabled
if you don’t see any repository enabled, than your machine not registered or not having subscription.
Now update using yum command.
[root@server ~]# yum update
Once you executed the above command with valid subscription, all the packages will get updated in your OS.
Now setup your environment:
As you aware already, we are going to use yum to install and check Python package.
Check whether python installed or not using yum.
[root@server ~]# yum list installed | grep python
If the package not installed, use below command to install python.
[root@server ~]# yum install python
above command will ask your confirmation to proceed install. Simply type Y and press enter.
Once executed above command, again check whether its installed or not.
[root@server ~]# yum list installed | grep python
Use python command to run python in interactive mode.
[root@server ~]# python Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 2 2016, 04:20:16) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> quit() [root@server ~]#
Finally we installed python in linux.