Install local Python 2.7.10 on CentOS 7

install_python27x.sh

TMP_PATH=~/tmp_install_python

# Versions section
PYTHON_MAJOR=2.7
PYTHON_VERSION=$PYTHON_MAJOR.14

rm -rf $TMP_PATH
mkdir $TMP_PATH
cd $TMP_PATH

# openssl dance
# wget --no-check-certificate https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.0g.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf openssl-1.1.0g.tar.gz
# cd openssl-1.1.0g
# ./config
# make && make install
#cd $TMP_PATH

# Update yum and libraries
yum -y update
yum groupinstall -y development
yum install -y ncurses-devel readline-devel tk-devel zlib zlib-dev openssl-devel \
sqlite-devel bzip2-devel openssh openssl openssl-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel db4-devel libpcap-devel xz-devel expat-devel wget

# Download and extract Python and Setuptools
wget --no-check-certificate https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz
tar -zxvf Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz

# Compile Python
cd $TMP_PATH/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"
make && make altinstall
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

# Install Setuptools and PIP
cd $TMP_PATH
wget --no-check-certificate https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
/usr/local/bin/python$PYTHON_MAJOR get-pip.py

# Finish installation
rm /usr/local/bin/python
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/python
rm /usr/bin/pip
ln -s /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip

pip install virtualenv
pip install setuptools
cd
rm -rf $TMP_PATH



# reload shell after adding $USER to docker group
exec $SHELL