How to download, compile, and install Python on Ubuntu/Debian/ CentOS Linux

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Please use md5 checksum to make sure the downloaded files are not corrupt. Also, $ before commands mean you can run the command as ordinary user and # means you have to run the command as root (or use $ sudo )

 

$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/Python-2.7.tgz
$ tar xzf Python-2.7.tgz
$ cd Python-2.7
$ ./configure --with-pth --with-dec-threads --with-signal-module --prefix=/opt/python-2.7
$ make
# make install

 

This should insall Python 2.7 in /opt/python-2.7. I symlinked /opt/python to /opt/python-2.7/ to make it the default Python installation on my machine.

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Comments (write a comment):

Thanks a ton! This really helped! Posted by: PyUser on Mar 20, 2011

Thank you! Posted by: Tracy on Feb 02, 2012

My company is looking for freelance python coders, can you suggest anyone? Posted by: Michael W on Mar 28, 2012

Thanks so much!!! This is extremely helpful Posted by: Brandon on Apr 10, 2012

This really helped. Thank you very much. Posted by: Godzillalow on Apr 17, 2012

$ make install
gcc -pthread -Xlinker -export-dynamic -o python \
Modules/python.o \
libpython2.7.a -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -threads
gcc: error: unrecognized option ‘-threads’
make: *** [python] Error 1


Thoughts? Posted by: Steve S on Apr 29, 2012

hello sir,
thanks for help, it's installing on ubantu 12.04, but when i giving make command it's giving error>>

root@deep-Aspire-5745:/home/deep/Python-2.7# make
gcc -pthread -Xlinker -export-dynamic -o python \
Modules/python.o \
libpython2.7.a -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -threads
gcc: error: unrecognized option ‘-threads’
make: *** [python] Error 1
root@deep-Aspire-5745:/home/deep/Python-2.7#

please help me Posted by: kuldeep m on May 11, 2012

I am getting following error while doing "make"

gcc -pthread -Xlinker -export-dynamic -o python \
Modules/python.o \
libpython2.7.a -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -threads
gcc: error: unrecognized option ‘-threads’
make: *** [python] Error 1

A quick help is highly appreciated.
I am not sure why it is needed. Posted by: piyush on Jun 12, 2012

I have quickly removed it -thread from the make file.
like
#LDLAST= -lpthreads
LDLAST=

And did make and make install.
However I am not sure what functionally I will be missing. Please help. Posted by: piyush on Jun 12, 2012

change the "Python-2.7.tgz" to "Python-3.3.0b1.tgz" Posted by: NAf on Jun 27, 2012

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Posted by: fruela on Oct 03, 2012

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