Installing Python 2.7.13 on CentOS 6.5
This post describes how to install python 2.7 from source without affecting the existing python installation. It'll install the python2.7 in a separate location other than the standard location in CentOS. Install required packages: yum -y update yum groupinstall -y 'development tools' yum install -y gcc zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel xz-libs wget Download and extract python source: wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/Python-2.7.13.tar.xz xz -d Python-2.7.13.tar.xz tar -xvf Python-2.7.13.tar Create a directory where to install python e.g. ~/localpython: mkdir /home/nayan/localpython Go to extracted python source directory: cd Python-2.7.13 Run the configure: ./configure --prefix=/home/nayan/localpython --enable-shared Compile and install it: make make altinstall Check if python installed by running python2.7 Make a link to Python library path: On 32 bit OS ln -s /home/nayan/localpython/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0 /usr