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Merge pull request realpython#6 from micrypt/patch-3
Manual installation notes (Linux).
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A full list of ``pip``'s capabilities is available by typing ``pip --help``.
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While your system will quite likely already have Python installation, you might wish to install a different version. This is done in the typical Linux software source install procedure::
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$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tgz
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$ tar -xvf Python-2.7.2.tgz
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$ cd Python-2.7.2
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$ ./configure
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$ make
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$ make install
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