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Installing Python on Linux
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The latest version of Ubuntu, **comes with Python 2.7 out of the box**.
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The latest versions of Ubuntu and Fedora **come with Python 2.7 out of the box**.
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The latest versions of Redhat Enterprise (RHEL) and CentOS come with Python 2.6.
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Some older versions of RHEL and CentOS come with Python 2.4 which is
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unacceptable for modern Python development. Fortunately, there are
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`Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux`_ which include high
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quality additional packages based on their Fedora counterparts. This
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repository contains a Python 2.6 package specifically designed to install
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side-by-side with the system's Python 2.4 installation.
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.. _Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
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You do not need to install or configure anything else to use Python. Having
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said that, I would strongly recommend that you install the tools and libraries

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