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How to Install Python 3.7
Step 1 – Prerequsite is
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev \ libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev libffi-dev zlib1g-dev
Step 2 – Download Python 3.7
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tgz
Now extract the downloaded package.
sudo tar xzf Python-3.7.3.tgz
Step 3 – Compile Python Source
cd Python-3.7.3
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall
make altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default python binary file /usr/bin/python.
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