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1. DOWNLOAD wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tgz tar zxvf Python-2.7.2.tgz 2. INSTALL cd Python-2.7.2 ./configure –prefix=/home/<your account>/opt/python272 –enable-unicode=ucs4 make make install 3. TEST Now try to run: /home/<your account>/opt/python272/bin/python 4. MAKE IT YOUR DEFAULT PYTHON $vim ~/.bashrc add the following line export PATH=/home/<your account>/opt/python272/bin:$PATH reload the session $source ~/.bashrc