Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/routines.sh
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/routines.sh	(revision 61435)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/routines.sh	(revision 61436)
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@
 
     PYTHON=python
-    if [ ! `python -c 'print "test"' 2> /dev/null` = "test" ]; then
-        echo  1>&2 "Python not available, skipping bindings installation."
+    if [ ! `python -c 'import sys
+if sys.version_info >= (2, 6):
+    print "test"' 2> /dev/null` = "test" ]; then
+        echo  1>&2 "Python 2.6 or later not available, skipping bindings installation."
         return 1
     fi