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cd ~/.local/src/
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/Python-2.7.6.tgz
tar xvfz Python-2.7.6.tgz
cd Python-2.7.6
./configure
make
make altinstall; # Regular install breaks normal python

easy_install-2.7 pip
pip2.7 install setuptools --no-use-wheel --upgrade
pip2.7 install numpy --upgrade
pip2.7 install protobuf --upgrade
pip2.y install jinja2 --upgrade
easy_install-2.7 cython
pip2.7 install scipy --upgrade