Install python ssl module on linux without recompiling

Question

Is it possible to install the SSL module for python on a linux box that already has OpenSSL installed without recompiling python? I was hoping it would be as simple as copying

Answer 1

NOTE: Python >= 2.6 already has SSL support built-in, there's no need to install ssl package.

Install package from pypi:

pip install ssl

If you're missing pip command, install it for your distribution:

RedHat/Centos:

yum install python-pip

Debian/Ubuntu

apt-get install python-pip