Change - Installing Python

Created on Oct. 16, 2012, 7:02 p.m. by Hevok & updated on Oct. 19, 2012, 6:22 p.m. by Hevok

Installing any or multiple versions of Python on Ubuntu is simple. ¶
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First of all install some dependencies: ¶
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sudo apt-get install build-essential ¶
sudo apt-get install libreadline5-dev libncursesw5 libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libc6-dev libbz2-de ¶
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Download: :: ¶
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cd Downloads ¶
wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.23/Python-2.7.23.tgz ¶
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Extract and change directory to: :: ¶
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tar -xzf Python-2.7.23.tgz && cd Python-2.7.23 ¶
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Install via building: :: ¶
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./configure ¶
make ¶
sudo make install # This will make it to the default installation, use </ins><span>altinstall</span><ins style="background:#e6ffe6;"> instead to keep the default if desired.