Upgrade Python version in Linux Mint

Question

I am following this guide: http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/18641/Upgrade-Python-2-7-6-to-Python-2-7-10-on-Linux-Mint-OS.html

It says to do

make install

When I do that it says:

If I do: su then enter passowrd and then make install same error appears.

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

You are probably following wrong steps. Before installing the Python from the source you should install required packages and configure source accordingly. So I suggest you to follow the steps:

Install Required Packages

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
$ sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev

Download and extract Python 2.7.10

$ cd /usr/src
$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.10/Python-2.7.10.tgz
$ tar xzf Python-2.7.10.tgz

Compile Python Source

$ cd Python-2.7.10
$ sudo ./configure
$ sudo make altinstall

Check the Python Version

$ python2.7 -V

Source: http://tecadmin.net/install-python-2-7-on-ubuntu-and-linuxmint/