wget Python-2.7.12.tgz
tar zxvf Python-2.7.12.tgz
cd Python-2.7.12
./configure
make && make install
python -V
Python 2.6.6
Check
cd /usr/bin
ll |grep python
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9032 Jul 24 2015 python
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 6 Aug 29 2015 python2 -> python
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9032 Jul 24 2015 python2.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1418 Jul 24 2015 python2.6-config
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Aug 29 2015 python-config -> python2.6-config
md5sum python python2.6
d0caf4d776c91c9f3334a5f0fffb7a6f python
d0caf4d776c91c9f3334a5f0fffb7a6f python2.6
rm -rf python python-config
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7 python
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7-config python-config
python -V
Python 2.7.12
python2.6 -V
Python 2.6.6
yum still use 2.6
sed -i '1c#!/usr/bin/python2.6' /usr/bin/yum