python 2.7

How to upgrade to Python 2.7 on CentOS

If you tried upgrading to Python 2.7 on CentOS, you will quickly find out that the RPM’s don’t exist for this in the repos. So here’s a short summary of what I did to upgrade my Python to 2.7 on CentOS. Based on a few Google searches… I discovered that a few dependent packages are required before you try upgrading to Python 2.7. [sourcecode] yum -y groupinstall ‘Development Tools’ yum -y install openssl-devel* ncurses-devel* zlib*.