My SLES11 box came with Python 2.6 installed. I would like to upgrade to 2.7. What is the easiest way to do this?
How to do a binary install of Python 2.7 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11?
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Most likely, you're not going to want to replace the existing python, since that would probably break the existing OS software.You could either build a package for python 2.7, and have it install as /usr/bin/python2.7, or install in another location like /usr/local/bin/python.  Or, you could just compile manually and install in /usr/local.  If you're installing to an alternate location, use make altinstall. 