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Current Python version is 2.4...

yum upgrade python

Gives 

Could not find update match for python

Do I have to install from source?

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Yes, you need to install from source, you can use the following:

wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/Python-2.5.2.tgz
tar fxz Python-2.5.2.tgz
cd Python-2.5.2
./configure
make
make install

This will install Python 2.5 as the command python2.5, as yum and other parts of CentOS require the old Python 2.4, so you will have two versions of Python installed.

/usr/bin/python - 2.4.3
/usr/bin/python2.5 - 2.5
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Thanks - I hate having multiple versions of things - e.g. would like mod_python to use 2.5 – EoghanM Jun 11 '09 at 18:14
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Timmy's answer below could very well be more correct; a mere 'make install' will likely ruthlessly pummel your existing Python install and break your box. – wzzrd Aug 6 '10 at 13:33
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./configure 
make 
make install

The command should be the following (according to the README for 2.7)

./configure 
make
make altinstall

See the "Installing multiple versions" section in the README.

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I had this error with ./configure

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

so, I installed these packages

yum install gcc make

then, it works ;)

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