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Download, compile, and install Python on RHEL or CentOS. Tested with CentOS 6 + Python 2.7.3 and CentOS 7 + Python 3.4.1
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install-python.sh
VERSION="3.4.1"
yum -y install gcc openssl-devel
rm -rf Python-${VERSION}*
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${VERSION}/Python-${VERSION}.tgz
tar -xvzf Python-${VERSION}.tgz
cd Python-${VERSION}
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"
echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/custom-python.conf
make && make altinstall
echo "Done!"
ls -l /usr/local/bin
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