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installing python2.6 for universal forwarder

amh
New Member

What's the recommended way to install python2.6 into /opt/splunkforwarder? If I were running Fedora 13, I think I could get away with symlinks, but not for Fedora 14. I'm looking into rpm --relocate, but haven't worked through all the dependencies that introduces.

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araitz
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

If you need Python, you should use the regular Splunk package rather than the universal forwarder.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Or alternatively, install python to the standard system/OS location (if it isn't already), put it in the path, and reference that from within the UF.

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