Build Python From Source

Pythonbrew can save time, but sometime it is more convenient to build Python from source yourself. The following discussion refers to this discussion: Missing Modules

# Replace url from here http://www.python.org/ftp/python/
wget url

tar xf Py*.tar.bz2
cd Py
./configure --prefix=/home/python27
make
make install

References:
http://joysofprogramming.com/install-readline-linux/
http://christophermahan.com/hacking/2009/python2.6-on-debian-stable.html