How to install python2.5 on Ubuntu 10.10

Open your terminal and type the following commands line by line:


sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc
cd Downloads
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.5/Python-2.5.5.tgz
tar -xvzf Python-2.5.5.tgz
cd Python-2.5.5
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python2.5
make
make test
sudo make install
sudo ln -s /usr/local/python2.5/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.5