Installing Python 2

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Download the installation package.

   cd /path/to/Python2
   wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/Python-2.7.18.tgz

3. Decompress the installation package.

   tar xvf Python-2.7.18.tgz

4. Install the dependencies.

   yum install gcc libffi* openssl libssl zlib* bzip2

5. Install Python.

   cd Python-2.7.18
   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/Python-2.7.18-install --with-ensurepip=install
   make
   make install

6. Load the environment variables.

   export PATH=/path/to/Python-2.7.18-install/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/Python-2.7.18-install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   export INCLUDE=/path/to/Python-2.7.18-install/include:$INCLUDE