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Asked: 2026-05-18T06:34:07+00:00

Can someone provide the steps needed to install python version 2.7 on SUSE and

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Can someone provide the steps needed to install python version 2.7 on SUSE and RedHat? It version that is on there is like 2.4 and I need to have it at at least 2.6 to make my script work.
So after the install, I can type Python in a xTerm and get the Python 2.7 command line interface.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Instructions to download source and install:

    https://www.python.org/download/

    NOTE: You should check for the latest version of python 2.7.x, as it gets updated frequently. Currently (Oct 2017), the latest version is 2.7.14 though this comment will get old and new versions likely will be released every 6 months or so.

    wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/Python-2.7.14.tgz # Download
tar xvfz Python-2.7.14.tgz # unzip
cd Python-2.7.14 # go into directory
./configure
make # build
su # or 'sudo su' if there is no root user
make altinstall

    (EDIT: make install -> make altinstall per Ignacio’s comment).

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