Installing Python 2.10 on Linux Mint 17.2

Warning: You may have some packages on your machine which rely on Python, and which may no longer work after installing a different version of Python. Ideally you should use a virtual machine for this

From https://slobaexpert.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/upgrade-python-2-7-6-to-python-2-7-10-on-linux-mint-os/:

1. Download Gzipped source tarball from the Python website
2. Unzip the downloaded file
3. Switch to new folder (e.g. /Downloads/Python-2.7.10)
4. In a terminal window:
   1. apt-get install libc-dev
      1. If you miss this, you’ll get an error: error: C compiler cannot create executables
   2. ./configure
   3. sudo make install
5. Run “python –version”
   1. You should now see 2.7.10