15 CHAPTER TWO USING PYTHON ON UNIX PLATFORMS 2.1 Getting and installing the latest version of Python 2.1.1 On Linux 2.1.2 On FreeBSD and OpenBSD Python comes preinstalled on most Linux distributions, and is available as a package on all others. However there are certain features you might want to use that are not available on your distro’s package. You can easily compile the latest version of Python from source. In the event that Python doesn’t come preinstalled and isn’t in the repositories as well, you can easily make packages for your own distro. Have a look at the following links: See also: https://docs-old.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/ch-creating-rpms.html for Fedora users https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Packaging for OpenSuse users https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/first.en.html for Debian users http://www.slackbook.org/html/package-management-making-packages.html for Slackware users • OpenBSD users, to add the package use: • FreeBSD users, to add the package use: pkg install python3 pkg_add -r python pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.2/packages/<insert your ␣ ↪ → architecture here>/python-<version>.tgz pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.2/packages/i386/python For example i386 users get the 2.5.1 version of Python using: