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Python 3 Version (SOLVED)

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codestruggler
Posts: 10
Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:52 am

Re: Python 3 Version (SOLVED)

#11 Post by codestruggler »

I created a gist listing down how to install python 3.7 on MX linux 18.1
https://gist.github.com/agatsoh/3c20621 ... a2c7237a0c
Please peer review it if you find any problems please comment on the gist. Just trying to do something for the community.

skidoo
Posts: 753
Joined: Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:56 pm

Re: Python 3 Version (SOLVED)

#12 Post by skidoo »

Thanks for the writeup !

typo @step3: cd Python-3.7.3
Immediately following step3, suggest sudo updatedb

"Since use of python 2.7 is going to be obsolete in the near future we change the default python symlink to point directly to python 3.7"

I'm not on that bandwagon, and not yet a fan of pip, so am just reporting the instructions for steps 1-3 were successful.

codestruggler
Posts: 10
Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:52 am

Re: Python 3 Version (SOLVED)

#13 Post by codestruggler »

Thanks for the input I changed it.

"Since use of python 2.7 is going to be obsolete in the near future we change the default python symlink to point directly to python 3.7"
I wrote this because almost every project I have seen has since migrated to python 3.6 or above and most projects running python 2.7 are also being encouraged to migrate to 3.6 atleast.

skidoo
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Joined: Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:56 pm

Re: Python 3 Version (SOLVED)

#14 Post by skidoo »

FYI, I belately noticed that hundreds of files installed by the python installer are owned by user/group 501:501

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