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Install python2.7 on Ubuntu 23.04 as "python"
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wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/Python-2.7.18.tgz
tar xzf Python-2.7.18.tgz
cd Python-2.7.18
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall
sudo ln -s "/usr/local/bin/python2.7" "/usr/bin/python"
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iscle commented Oct 26, 2025

Installing it as /usr/bin/python2 is fine. Installing it as /usr/bin/python is crazy and asking-for-trouble.

Many old scripts are asking for this. And I guess if you need to use this gist, is because you're trying to run an old script... Otherwise you'd just use python 3.

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