Setting up Emacs for Python

1. If you don't already have one, create an ~/emacs directory for storing extensions to Emacs

          % mkdir ~/emacs
          

2. Edit your .emacs file to automatically load the extensions in your ~/emacs directory

          (setq load-path (append '("~/emacs") load-path))
   
          

3. Download this file into your ~/emacs directory.
4. Uncompress and untar the file:

          % gunzip emacs_mode_files.tar.gz
          % tar xf emacs_mode_files.tar
          

5. Compile the custom files:

          % cd custom-1.9962
          % make
          

Official information is available here.