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Install Python from source on a Linux VPS

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Mar 10, 2015

Python is an open-source high-level programming language and at the same time, it is user-friendly. It can be used on many different platforms. Today we will show you how to install the latest version of Python from source on your Linux VPS. We are going to use an Ubuntu VPS, but we must point out that the same procedure applies if you have a CentOS VPS.

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