CentOS Installation python2.7

CentOS 6.6 comes with Python 2.6.6, while compiling LLVM requires more than Python 2.7.

Checking for Python .../usr/bin/pythonchecking for Python >= 2.7 ... Not foundconfigure:error:found python 2.6.6 (/usr/bin/python); Required >= 2.7

The newest in Yum is also Python 2.6.6, which can only download Python 2.7.9 source code to compile and install itself.

The procedure is as follows:

1) Install Devtoolset

Yum Groupinstall "Development tools"

2) Install the packages needed to compile Python

Yum Install Zlib-develyum install Bzip2-develyum install Openssl-develyum install Ncurses-develyum install Sqlite-devel

3) Download and unzip the source code of the Python 2.7.9

Cd/optwget--no-check-certificate Https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9.tar.xztar XF PYTHON-2.7.9.TAR.XZCD Python-2.7.9

4) Compiling and installing Python 2.7.9

./configure--prefix=/usr/localmake && make Altinstall

5) Point python command to Python 2.7.9

Ln-s/usr/local/bin/python2.7/usr/local/bin/python

6) Check Python version

shsh-4.1# Python-vpython 2.7.9

Resources

Http://www.cnblogs.com/dudu/p/4294238.html

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