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My Ubuntu is 14.04, which has Python 2.7.6 by default.

The latest Python 2.x is 2.7.9. I am thinking whether to install 2.7.9 from its official site, just in case that something is available in 2.7.9 but not in 2.7.6?

If I install python 2.7.9, is it a goo uninstall my 2.7.6? Does Ubuntu 14.04 depend on python 2.7.6 specifically?

  1. So I can't uninstall 2.7.6,right?

  2. How can I avoid overwriting my default 2.7.6 when I install 2.7.9 from its source?

  3. If I install 2.7.9, will I have to call it explicitly to distinguish from calling 2.7.6? How can I make it the default one for my use (i.e. the command python will be 2.7.9), while letting the system using 2.7.6 as its default one?

David Foerster
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Tim
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You shall have a look at the Changelog for each Version between 2.7.6 to 2.7.9 to see which are actually the changes between the two versions of python:

I use python a lot and I never had problems that the python version of ubuntu is not the latest. When you want to use new features, then you should think about changing to python 3. In this case I recommend you to read Should I use Python 2 or Python 3 for my development activity?.

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