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Installing Python / Django on Centos 6.3 is Easy!

 

 

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NOTE: This article was rewritten (for CentOS 6.4). please read the updated post.

What is Python?

Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Its syntax is said to be clear and expressive.” from Wikipedia.

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What is Django?

“Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.” from https://www.djangoproject.com/

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Do something GOOD! with your PC – BOINC on RHEL/Fedora/Centos!

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Boinc

BOINC is an open-source software platform for computing using volunteered resources, Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.

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Fix cannot find module ‘block-stream’’ in npm Node.js on CentOS 6.3

Overview

While writing  and exploring on Node.js I did lots of ‘yum remove/install’ for npm node.js.
after a while I realized that npm wasn’t installing anything and just returned an Error: cannot find module ‘block-stream’.
Another thing was that the folder ‘/usr/lib/nodejs/npm’ was lacking the ‘node_modules’ folder which includes its dependencies.
yum remove/install npm didn’t helped, the error also happened when I tried running ‘npm update’ or ‘npm install’.

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