install-python 2.7.9 script

gistfile1.txt

#/bin/bash
 
# Get installation prefix from the args
VERSION=2.7.9
PREFIX=$HOME/python${VERSION} # Default to home/python-2.7.9
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    PREFIX=$1
    if [ ! -d "$PREFIX" ]; then
        mkdir $PREFIX
    fi
    PREFIX=`cd $PREFIX; pwd` # Convert to absolute path
fi 
echo "Installing python to $PREFIX"
ACTIVATE_SCRIPT="$PREFIX/activate.sh"
touch $ACTIVATE_SCRIPT
chmod +x $ACTIVATE_SCRIPT
 
TEMP_DIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/python_install.XXXXXXXX`
echo "Creating a temporary directory $TEMP_DIR"
 
cd $TEMP_DIR
 
# Install python
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${VERSION}/Python-${VERSION}.tgz
tar xf Python-${VERSION}.tgz
cd Python-${VERSION}
./configure
make altinstall prefix="$PREFIX" exec-prefix="$PREFIX"
 
if [ ! -f $PREFIX/bin/python ]; then
    ln -s $PREFIX/bin/python2.7 $PREFIX/bin/python 
fi
if [ ! -f $PREFIX/bin/python2 ]; then
    ln -s $PREFIX/bin/python2.7 $PREFIX/bin/python2
fi
# Create activate script
echo "export PATH=$PREFIX/bin:\$PATH" >> $ACTIVATE_SCRIPT
echo "export PYTHONPATH=$PREFIX/lib/python2.7/site-packages/:\$PYTHONPATH" >> $ACTIVATE_SCRIPT
 
# Activate the environment here as well
source $ACTIVATE_SCRIPT
 
# Download and install setuptools
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py
$PREFIX/bin/python ez_setup.py

# Install virtualenv and its wrapper
easy_install-2.7 pip
pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
 
echo "source $PREFIX/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh" >> $ACTIVATE_SCRIPT
 
# Cleanup
rm -rf $TEMP_DIR