Python 2.7

Install Python 2.7.6 on CentOS/RHEL 7/6

1.Install gcc

# yum install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel

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Download python 2.7 using the following command in terminal.

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

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Extract downloaded archive using tar command.

# tar xvf Python-2.7.6.tar.xz

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Install Python 2.7.6

Now run the following commands to compile Python 2.7.6 and install on your system using altinstall.

# cd Python-2.7.6

# ./configure –enable-optimizations

# make altinstall

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Now check python Version using follwoing command.

#  /usr/local/bin/python2.7  -V

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Install pip utility using with following command.

#  curl “https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py” -o “get-pip.py”

# python2.7 get-pip.py

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