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Automation to install Python2, which is no longer available on some official Linux distribution repositories
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| if [[ $(/usr/bin/id -u) -ne 0 ]]; then | |
| echo "Required to run as root" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| # Setup | |
| mkdir /tmp/python2-install | |
| cd /tmp/python2-install | |
| # Download & Extraction | |
| wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/Python-2.7.13.tgz | |
| tar -xvzf /tmp/python2-install/Python-2.7.13.tgz | |
| chmod -R 777 /tmp/python2-install/Python-2.7.13 | |
| cd /tmp/python2-install/Python-2.7.13 | |
| # Installation | |
| ./configure | |
| make install | |
| # Validation | |
| python2 -V | |
| # Cleanup | |
| cd - | |
| rm -r /tmp/python2-install |
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One-liner:
su -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/henriquetorquato/7966fbd4f25e67c4d820c7dcef2196f5/raw/c6d7861f9db8d82f06b9ff9bb9ce069bd1279622/install-python2.sh)"