Upgrading Python on CentOS

Background

I wanted to use pysftp, but the pre-installed 2.4 series was too old and didn’t work, so I’m upgrading to a working version in the 2.7 series.

Environment

CentOS5.8 (Final)

Python Version to Install

Python2.7.6

Installation Steps

Installing with yum pulls in other unnecessary modules and overwrites dependencies, so I build from source.

• Install pip

• Install paramiko and pysftp

Summary

No Apache restart required, and the existing Python version was left in place.