Symantec Directory 14.1 SP3 linux installer does not recognize Python 2 on RHEL 8

Products

• CA Directory

Issue/Introduction

We are trying to install Symantec Directory 14.1.03 on RHEL 8.5

We get the following warning, after which installer stops:

DXagent requires Python 2.6 or higher, recommended at least 2.7.9 or 3.4

However, we have Python installed:

# python2 -V
Python 2.7.18
#

Environment

Release : 14.0, 14.1GA - 14.1.03

Component : CA Directory

Resolution

There are 2 possible workarounds:

1) Install Python 3

or

2) Create symbolic link from python2 to python

Using root user:

# which python2
/usr/bin/python2
# ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python
#

Fix is implemented in 14.1.04