You might want to compile a version of Python other than shipped one on your CentOS system. For example, running a Python script using a library that only has a 32bit build. Here are the steps on how to compile & install Python 2.7.12 from source code on CentOS 6.5. All operations tested on a clean CentOS 6.5 (AWS AMI: CentOS 6.5 x86_64(HVM) — 20141008–0 — minimal install with cloud helpers plus Intel SRIOV (ami-4dc28f7d))
