Install python2.7 on Ubuntu 23.04 as "python"

gistfile1.txt

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/Python-2.7.18.tgz
tar xzf Python-2.7.18.tgz
cd Python-2.7.18
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall
sudo ln -s "/usr/local/bin/python2.7" "/usr/bin/python"

You won't be able to make a venv out of that unless you sudo apt-get install libssl-dev before installing

Thank's ^_^

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Also, works for 24.04.2 LTS. Thanks

thanks

Thanks!

Installing it as /usr/bin/python2 is fine. Installing it as /usr/bin/python is crazy and asking-for-trouble.

Installing it as /usr/bin/python2 is fine. Installing it as /usr/bin/python is crazy and asking-for-trouble.

Many old scripts are asking for this. And I guess if you need to use this gist, is because you're trying to run an old script... Otherwise you'd just use python 3.