diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 85c96eb..99f1bb8 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -31,13 +31,19 @@
   default['python']['prefix_dir']         = '/usr/local'
 end
 
-default['python']['binary'] = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/bin/python"
+# default['python']['binary'] = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/bin/python"
+if python['make_options'] == %W{install}
+    default['python']['binary'] = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/bin/python#{python['version'].split(/(^\d+\.\d+)/)[1]}"
+  else
+    default['python']['binary'] = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/bin/python"
+end
 
 default['python']['url'] = 'http://www.python.org/ftp/python'
 default['python']['version'] = '2.7.5'
 default['python']['checksum'] = '3b477554864e616a041ee4d7cef9849751770bc7c39adaf78a94ea145c488059'
 default['python']['configure_options'] = %W{--prefix=#{python['prefix_dir']}}
-default['python']['make_options'] = %W{install}
+# changing default to altinstall (as merging otherwise)
+default['python']['make_options'] = %W{altinstall}
 
 default['python']['pip_location'] = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/bin/pip"
 default['python']['virtualenv_location'] = "#{node['python']['prefix_dir']}/bin/virtualenv"
diff --git a/recipes/package.rb b/recipes/package.rb
index aed5214..115b53b 100644
--- a/recipes/package.rb
+++ b/recipes/package.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # COOK-1016 Handle RHEL/CentOS namings of python packages, by installing EPEL
 # repo & package
 if platform_family?('rhel') && major_version < 6
-  include_recipe 'yum::epel'
+  include_recipe 'yum-epel'
   python_pkgs = ["python26", "python26-devel"]
   node.default['python']['binary'] = "/usr/bin/python26"
 else