Python one of the most commonly used programming languages in the world. It is developed under an approved OSI -approved open source license making it freely usable and distributable.
Python team released a new version of 3.8.2 for general use.
This tutorial will be to help you to install Python 3.8.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 19.10, LinuxMint, CentOS 8, RHEL 8 and Fedora 31.
Step 1: Install dependencies
For RHEL / CentOS / Fedora distributions install the below packages
dnf install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel
For Ubuntu / LinuxMint distributions install the below packages
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall 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 3.8.2
Download python 3.8.2 from the official site or use the below command to download
cd /var/tmp && wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.2/Python-3.8.2.tgz
Step 3: Extract the package
tar -xf Python-3.8.2.tgz
Step 4: Compile Python from source
cd Python-3.8.2 && sudo ./configure –enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall
altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default python binary file.
If you got the below message during compiling the package then it is success
Step 5: Verify the version
Verify the package by using the below command and remove the downloaded file if not required
python3.8 -V
