wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/Python-2.6.2.tgz
tar zxf Python-2.6.2.tgz
cd Python-2.6.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python262
make
make install
mv /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/python.bak
ln -s /usr/local/python/262/bin/python /usr/bin/py262
wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
py262 ez_setup.py
easy_install MySQL-python