#!/bin/bash # Source: http://toomuchdata.com/2012/06/25/how-to-install-python-2-7-3-on-centos-6-2/ # Install stuff # ################# # Install development tools and some misc. necessary packages yum -y groupinstall "Development tools" yum -y install zlib-devel # gen'l reqs yum -y install bzip2-devel openssl-devel ncurses-devel # gen'l reqs yum -y install mysql-devel # req'd to use MySQL with python ('mysql-python' package) yum -y install libxml2-devel libxslt-devel # req'd by python package 'lxml' yum -y install unixODBC-devel # req'd by python package 'pyodbc' yum -y install sqlite sqlite-devel # you will be sad if you don't install this before compiling python, and later need it. # Alias shasum to == sha1sum (will prevent some people's scripts from breaking) echo 'alias shasum="sha1sum"' >> $HOME/.bashrc # Install Python 2.7.4 (do NOT remove 2.6, by the way) wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.4/Python-2.7.4.tar.bz2 tar xf Python-2.7.4.tar.bz2 cd Python-2.7.4 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make && make altinstall set -o vi # Install distribute wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.27.tar.gz tar xf distribute-0.6.27.tar.gz cd distribute-0.6.27 python2.7 setup.py install # Install virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper # Once you make your first virtualenv, you'll have 'pip' in there. # I got bitten by trying to install a system-wide (i.e. Python 2.6) version of pip; # it was clobbering my access to pip from within virtualenvs, and it was frustrating. # So these commands will install virtualenv/virtualenvwrapper the old school way, # just so you can make yourself a virtualenv, with pip, and then do everything Python-related # that you need to do, from in there. wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-1.9.1.tar.gz#md5=07e09df0adfca0b2d487e39a4bf2270a tar -xvzf virtualenv-1.9.1.tar.gz python virtualenv-1.9.1/setup.py install wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper-4.0.tar.gz#md5=78df3b40735e959479d9de34e4b8ba15 tar -xvzf virtualenvwrapper-* python virtualenvwrapper-4.0/setup.py install echo 'export WORKON_HOME=~/Envs' >> .bashrc # Change this directory if you don't like it . $HOME/.bashrc mkdir -p $WORKON_HOME echo '. /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh' >> .bashrc . $HOME/.bashrc # Done! # Now you can do: `mkvirtualenv foo --python=python2.7` # Extra stuff # ############### # These items are not required, but I recommend them # Add RPMForge repo sudo yum -y install http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686.rpm yum updateinfo # Install trash-cli (safer than 'rm', see here: https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli) sudo yum -y install python-unipath sudo yum install http://pkgs.repoforge.org/trash-cli/trash-cli-0.11.2-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm # Add EPEL repo (more details at cyberciti.biz/faq/fedora-sl-centos-redhat6-enable-epel-repo/) cd /tmp wget http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/fedora/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm