title: How to install python2.6 in alpine container?
body: <p>How to install python2.6 in alpine docker container.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to install from source, its giving me compilation errors.</p>
  
  <p>Actually I want to install Python2.6 and Python2.7 in container. So that I can run  unittests on  both Python2.6 and Python2.7. Please give some thoughts on this.</p>
  
  <p>I have installed gcc , g++ , make in alpine container then did the following steps.</p>
  
  <pre><code>wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6/Python-2.6.tgz
  tar xvzf Python-2.6.tgz
  cd Python-2.6
  ./configure
  make
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Got this error while make, </p>
  
  <pre><code>~/Python-2.6 # make
  gcc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes  -I. -IInclude -I./Include   -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o Modules/config.o Modules/config.c
  gcc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes  -I. -IInclude -I./Include   -DPy_BUILD_CORE -DPYTHONPATH='":plat-linux4:lib-tk:lib-old"' \
      -DPREFIX='"/usr/local"' \
      -DEXEC_PREFIX='"/usr/local"' \
      -DVERSION='"2.6"' \
      -DVPATH='""' \
      -o Modules/getpath.o ./Modules/getpath.c
  gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes  -I. -IInclude -I./Include   -DPy_BUILD_CORE  -c ./Modules/posixmodule.c -o Modules/posixmodule.o
  ./Modules/posixmodule.c:6173:1: error: conflicting types for 'posix_close'
   posix_close(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   ^
  In file included from Include/Python.h:44:0,
                   from ./Modules/posixmodule.c:30:
  /usr/include/unistd.h:38:5: note: previous declaration of 'posix_close' was here
   int posix_close(int, int);
       ^
  Makefile:1234: recipe for target 'Modules/posixmodule.o' failed
  make: *** [Modules/posixmodule.o] Error 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can any one suggest how can I solve this ?</p>