python.update.centOS.sh

#entOS release 6.4 (Final)
#16:23:42 2013-10-24
#[Ivan Lyon]([email protected]) 

python -V                                                         #see the python version
yum -y install gcc                                                #install the gcc

wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.5/Python-2.7.5.tar.bz2  #download the python open source code
tar -jvx -f ./Python-2.7.5.tar.bz2                                #Decompress the open source code

cd ./Python-2.7.5
./configure                                                       #install by gcc/make 
make all
make install
make clean
make distclean

/usr/local/bin/python2.7 -V                                       #see the python version MSG
mv /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.6                             #set the default python version
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python                    
python -V

vim /usr/bin/yum                                                  #set the command "yum" with old python version

#change the first line "#!/usr/bin/python" with "#!/usr/bin/python2.6".