Python :: Installation :: Without root access

Operating System: Ubuntu 64-bit

Download Python from http://www.python.org/getit/

$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
$ bunzip2 Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
$ tar xvf Python-2.7.2.tar
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/bin/python
$ make
$ make install

Check if it works
$ $HOME/bin/python/bin/python

Load the path in your .bashrc file
$ echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/python/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc

No we should be able to run python.