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Considering that the current version on my 14.04 LTS Ubuntu of python is 2.7.6, I need a more recent version for dealing with specific libraries (that need >2.7.7)...

I don't really understand. Can I upgrade to 2.7.9 or not? Is it hazardous or not? I tried with 2.7.10 but it completely breaks ubuntu (and I spent many times for fixing it).

Currently I have compile python 2.7.9 and install it in /usr/local/lib/python2.7.9/ but installing some libraries without pip (in my case with cmake) is complicated...

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I would take a look at python virtual environments. This question has a guide for installing virtualenv (or another link to another guide). Virtualenv can be used to set up isolated python environments that do not do anything to the system python.

Here is a guide on how to use python virtual environments. They are extremely useful for projects that require different versions of python or python modules.

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