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installing python on shared remote linux server

Hi:
I'm on a remote, shared linux-apache server. I currently use PHP/MySQL/HTML/CSS and need to be able to program in python. I talked with support and they said it was not installed and that I should do it.
I researched python and need advice on installing it. I see version 3.4.3 is the current stable one, and there are two source releases that can be downloaded from python.org: gzipped source tarball and XZ compressed source tarball.

Which should I download?
And can I download it to my private folder or should it be the cgi-bin folder (where PHP also resides)?

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Is that also true of PHP?

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NetNation.ca (Hostway). Debian.
I need python, access from python to my MySQL dbs, and access from python to by public and private folders.

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Waiting for input from web hosting company .. thanks for your patience :)

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The web hosting company confirmed that for my requirements I need managed hosting ie a dedicated server.
Thanks.