Build Python 2.7.12 on Ubuntu with Profile Guided Optimization

#Open a terminal mkdir -p ~/fastpython2/src mkdir -p ~/fastpython2/install cd ~/fastpython2/src wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.12/Python-2.7.12.tgz tar -zxvf Python-2.7.12.tgz cd Python-2.7.12 ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/fastpython2/install/ make profile-opt make install export PATH="${HOME}/fastpython2/install/bin:${PATH}" which python