(Depending on your version of wget, you may need to add the –no-check-certificate option to the wget command line.)Īfter running the commands above your newly installed Python 2.7.6 interpreter will be availableĪs /usr/local/bin/python2.7 and the system version of Python 2.6.6 will be available as /usr/bin/python and /usr/bin/python2.6. Python in the filesystem both named python. It is important to use altinstall instead of install, otherwise you will end up with two different versions of The –no-check-certificate is optional cd /opt Or else you will run into problems later when trying to install various packages: sudo yum install zlib-devel You also need a few extra libs installed before compiling Python In order to compile Python you must first install the development tools sudo yum groupinstall 'Development tools' To check centos version: bin]$ cat /etc/redhat-release Here are the steps necessary to install Python 2.7.6.

If you need access to a newer version of Python you must compile it yourself and install it side-by-side with the system version. Be careful not to replace it or bad things will happen.

Follow this sequence exactly for centos machine onlyĬentOS 6.7 ships with Python 2.6.6 and depends on that specific version.

Yum install python