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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build Path: /app/.heroku/python/
+# Build Deps: libraries/sqlite
+
+# download_python(PYTHON_VERSION)
+# Example usage: download_python "2.7.8"
+download_python()
+{
+    PYTHON_VERSION=$1
+
+    if [ -z $PYTHON_VERSION ]
+    then
+        $PYTHON_VERSION="2.7.8"
+    fi
+
+    echo "Building Python $PYTHON_VERSION..."
+    SOURCE_TARBALL="http://python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz"
+    curl -L $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xz
+    mv Python-$PYTHON_VERSION src
+}