# Redhat / CentOS 6.x users need python 2.7

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/redhat-centos-6-x-users-need-python-2-7/2190>\
**Category:** Server\
**Created:** [October 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/redhat-centos-6-x-users-need-python-2-7/2190 "2015-10-27T03:15:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![eva2000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/eva2000/32/289_2.png) [@eva2000](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/eva2000)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/redhat-centos-6-x-users-need-python-2-7/2190/5 "2015-10-30T22:26:50Z")

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Also EPEL yum repo seems to be required for CentOS 6 [https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt/issues/1204#issuecomment-152664407](https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt/issues/1204#issuecomment-152664407) for python-virtualenv package not that it matters as that is python 2.6 based not python 2.7 based

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