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i specifically want to install 32 bit python 3.2.2 as it was recommended to me by another user on my centos 7 box...i have been googling but only found a post for rhel 6...so i didnt follow the instructions...thought i would check here first...
Be VERY CAREFUL installing a non-default version of python on RHEL/CentOS!!!!
Yum uses python, if you replace the default version you could permanently kill yum, which means you will be cut off from all repos, updates, installation, etc. If you want to install a non-default version of python, you MUST choose a custom installation location, do NOT let it replace the default version.
Download/extract the tarball and follow the included instructions (usually in README or INSTALL)? Installing from source is usually pretty straight forward.
I guess these instructions can be transferred to your use case, but perhaps you should set up a non-Centos virtual machine and use that for your development and testing.
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