Install Python 2.7.x on centOS 6.2 (which has Native 2.6.x)

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add development tools:
yum groupinstall "Development tools"

more libraries:
yum install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel ncurses-devel sqlite-devel readline-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel db4-devel libpcap-devel xz-deve

get python (might get other version):
wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.7/Python-2.7.7.tar.xz

extract:
tar xf Python-2.7.7.tgz

go into folder:
cd Python-2.7.7

configure before installing:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"

compile python:
make && make altinstall

download setup tools:
wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py

install pip:
easy_install-2.7 pip

install virtual env:
pip2.7 install virtualenv

create a virtual env:
virtualenv-2.7 yourproject

source the virtual env you created:
source myproject/bin/activate

install ab testing (apache):
yum install httpd-tools

install supervisor:
pip install supervisor

for full supervisord instructions (sentos):
http://rayed.com/wordpress/?p=1496


install virtualenv wrapper:
pip install virtualenvwrapper