wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/Python-2.7.8.tgz
tar -zxvf Python-2.7.8.tar.bz2
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python27
make && make install
mv /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python_old
ln -s /usr/local/python27/bin/python /usr/bin/
python -V