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How to install python 2.7 on debian
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sudo apt-get install build-essential libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libbz2-dev libreadline5-dev libssl-dev libdb-dev | |
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tgz | |
tar -xzf Python-2.7.3.tgz | |
cd Python-2.7.3 | |
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared | |
make | |
sudo make install | |
cd .. | |
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.6 20 | |
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2.7 10 | |
sudo update-alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python2.6 | |
wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py | |
sudo python2.7 ez_setup.py | |
sudo easy_install-2.7 virtualenv | |
Thanks for this simple but lifesaving workflow! I was stupid enough to manually uninstall python2.7 but was able to recover it using this, saving me from the pain of completely setting up my system anew :).
@veralaub
I did the same mistake!
Thanks for sharing!
@wassname Package 'libreadline-gplv2-dev' has no installation candidate in Debian 12
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Just an update:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev libssl-dev libdb-dev tk-dev
On jesse
libreadline5-dev
is nowlibreadline-gplv2-dev
. Also install tk-dev to make sure you get tkinker sys library.