Copying a compiled Python from one system to another

[Paul Rubin]

Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:
> The dependencies needed to build 4.8 aren't available for my system. And
> there's no supported upgrade path.

If you're system runs 4.4 it should be able to build 4.8 I'd hope.  I
have Debian 7 which comes with 4.7, and I was able to download and build
6.1 with any significant trouble.  I had to change the library path to
build stuff with 6.1 and a locally installed library.  What system are
you running?