Installing Python 2.7 without root

Question

I tried installing Python 2.7 without root on a remote linux machine. I ran the commands

./configure prefix=/  
make install DESTDIR=/xxx/yyy/ 

Answer 1

I just install python2.7.5 without admin right. I think the command should be:

./configure prefix=/xxx/yyy
make install

and then you should add the path /xxx/yyy/bin in .bashrc as:

PYTHONPATH=/home/songmeixu/python/bin
export PATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PATH