On 05.12.2017 14:05, Larry Martell wrote: > I am running CentOS 7 and I have python version: > > Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 15 2016, 22:37:39) > > I need a newer version of 2.7 to pick up a bug fix. How can I do that > (without breaking anything in CentOS)? you could use the anaconda software, it is independent of the OS regards