Compile & Install Python 2.7

Compile & Install Python 2.7

# wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/Python-2.7.6.tar.xz

# tar xf Python-2.7.6.tar.xz

# cd Python-2.7.6

# ./configure –prefix=/opt

# make && make altinstall

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To Make default python 2.7 Environment 
Edit /etc/bashrc and at the end of the file past below line.

# alias python=python2.7

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To update changes run below command in terminal.

# source /etc/bashrc

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