Install Python on the centos6.6

The Python version of the CentOS system comes with 2.6, in order to experience the latest version of 2.7.8 (except for the Python3 series), the original version of Python has to be upgraded.

The first is to download python2.7.8

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/Python-2.7.8.tgz

Unzip:

Tar zxvf python-2.7.8.tgz

Go to Python's uncompressed folder:

CD Python-2.7.8

To read a configuration file:

./configure

Compile:
Make

Installation:
Make install

The installation is complete.

To view the installed version:

Python-v

The display version is python2.7.8, indicating that the installation was successful. The default version of the system is already pointing to python2.7.8.

Install Python on the centos6.6