Christopher Juckins

Install Python 3.6 on CentOS 7:

• https://linuxhint.com/install_python3_centos7/
• https://janikarhunen.fi/how-to-install-python-3-6-1-on-centos-7.html

Do some local configuration for my scripts (su - root):

pip3.6 install --upgrade pip
pip3.6 install --upgrade httplib2
pip3.6 install pymysql
pip3.6 install selenium-wire
pip3.6 install chromedriver
pip3.6 install chromedriver_binary
pip3.6 install dictor
pip3.6 install wget
pip3.6 install pip-upgrade-outdated

To update all pip packages:

# pip_upgrade_outdated

Note that https://pypi.org/project/pip-upgrade-outdated/ is a good resource to update all PIP packages.

Download and install geckodriver (see https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases)

As root, copy geckodriver to /usr/local/bin

Notes at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40208051/selenium-using-python-geckodriver-executable-needs-to-be-in-path

Notes about Python database access

Python3.7 on Fedora 28:

• dnf install python37
• wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
• python3.7 get-pip.py
• python3.7 -m pip install requests

Use "pip" to manage python packages:

# yum install python2-pip

To list installed python modules:

$ pip list