/usr/bin/env: python: No such file or directory

[Fernando Pérez]

ddidierd78 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am running redhat 7.2 and installed the following:
> 
> python2.2-2.2b1-2.i386.rpm
> python2.2-devel-2.2b1-2.i386.rpm
> python2.2-tools-2.2b1-2.i386.rpm
> 
> When trying to run a script, I get the following message:
> 
> /usr/bin/env: python: No such file or directory
> 
> additionally the only thing relating to python in /usr/bin is the file
> python2.2
> 
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Dan

the problem is Rhat installs python1.5 as python and python2.x as python2. So 
you need to symlink python2.x to python in /usr/bin.

cheers,

f