NOTE: they are EOL since 2020-11-30, please consider upgrading!
As we know that sometimes upgrading this is not easily doable due to dependencies, hardware support or whatever reason - so here are instructions to make the connector work on that old distribution.
We recommend to use pyenv for installing Python 3.6. In case you don't want
pyenv to mess with your system setup, you can simply ask it to install that version
somewhere and then only create a virtual environment from it using the --copies
flag - this will result in a standalone setup not affecting anything else on the system.
# install the build-time requirements for Python 3.6 and Java 1.8 for Bio-Formats
sudo yum install openssl-devel bzip2-devel readline-devel gcc-c++ java-1.8.0-openjdk
# get pyenv and put it into your home directory or wherever you prefer it to be
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
# activate pyenv *FOR THIS SHELL ONLY* (needs to be done whenever you want to use it)
export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
# ask pyenv to install Python 3.6.15 (will end up in "~/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/")
pyenv install 3.6.15 # takes a bit (compiling...)
# define the target path for the virtual environment:
HRM_OMERO_VENV="/opt/venvs/hrm-omero"
# create a bare, stand-alone Python 3.6 virtual environment:
~/.pyenv/versions/3.6.15/bin/python -m venv --copies $HRM_OMERO_VENVFrom here on follow the generic installation instructions.