Python 2.6 update to 2.7

Question

I am using cent os 6.7 server and I want to update my python 2.6 to 2.7 or above and also want to change my default version from python 2.6 to newest. How can I do that?

Answer 1

yum install -y centos-release-SCL
yum install -y python27

Then check your python version

which python
python -V

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