Install Python 2.7.x from Source with sqlite3 included

make-altinstall-python.sh

# Prerequisites for Python 2.7.x
apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev

# Download and extract Python 2.7.13
cd /usr/src
curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/Python-2.7.13.tgz
tar xvfz Python-2.7.13.tgz

# Edit setup.py before compiling and add the output of `which sqlite3` to an array called sqlite_inc_paths
nano /usr/src/Python-2.7.13/setup.py

# Compile Python
cd Python-2.7.13
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall

# Check Version
python2.7 -v