At writing time of this article Python 3.7.0 latest stable version of 3.7 series is available to install. This article will help you to install Python 3.7.0 on Ubuntu and LinuxMint operating system. You can visit Python.com.
Step 1 – Prerequsiteis
Use the following command to install prerequisites for Python before installing it.
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
Step 2 – Download Python 3.7
Download Python using following command from python official site. You can also download latest version in place of specified below.
cd /usr/src sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.0/Python-3.7.0.tgz
Now extract the downloaded package.
sudo tar xzf Python-3.7.0.tgz
Step 3 – Compile Python Source
Use below set of commands to compile python source code on your system using altinstall.
cd Python-3.7.0 sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations sudo make altinstall
Step 4 – Check Python Version
Check the latest version installed of python using below command
python3.7 -V Python-3.7.0
Thank You!
Hi Rahul, this is what i get when i type “cd Python3.7.1”:
bash: cd: Python3.7.1: No such file or directory
Never mind, fixed it.
Hi Rahul, many thanks for your support,.
I successfully installed Python 3.7.1 , but it works just on the terminal.
Because I’m beginner I wish to use an easier interface: How can I install an IDE on my desktop?
many Thanks.
BR
Daniele
You can use Visual Studio Code IDE
Also, check out this for using python with vscode:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/python
Stuped article. Now i not use python…. samples crashed!!!
Hi ,
When I follow the instruction , python3.7 is getting installed in usr/local/bin and not in usr/bin where other python versions are installed .
Thus I have two questions
1) Is it supposed to be installed at usr/bin or usr/local/bin ?
2)when I use the command :
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virtualenv -p /usr/local/bin/python3.7 py37_test1
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to create a virtual env using python 3.7 , i get the following error :
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Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3.7
Using base prefix ‘/usr/local’
New python executable in /home/rahul/py37_test1/bin/python3.7
Also creating executable in /home/rahul/py37_test1/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel…
Complete output from command /home/rahul/py37_test1/bin/python3.7 – setuptools pip wheel:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 8, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/__init__.py”, line 40, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py”, line 8, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py”, line 12, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/commands/__init__.py”, line 6, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/commands/completion.py”, line 6, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py”, line 18, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/download.py”, line 38, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/utils/glibc.py”, line 3, in
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.7/ctypes/__init__.py”, line 7, in
from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘_ctypes’
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 11, in
ImportError: cannot import name ‘main’ from ‘pip’ (/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv_support/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/__init__.py)
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…Installing setuptools, pip, wheel…done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py”, line 2462, in
main()
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py”, line 762, in main
symlink=options.symlink,
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py”, line 1015, in create_environment
install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs, download=download)
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py”, line 968, in install_wheel
call_subprocess(cmd, show_stdout=False, extra_env=env, stdin=SCRIPT)
File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py”, line 854, in call_subprocess
raise OSError(“Command {} failed with error code {}”.format(cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /home/rahul/py37_test1/bin/python3.7 – setuptools pip wheel failed with error code 1
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How can I create a virtual env using python3.7
Thanks for this. I had to ‘sudo apt-get install libffi-dev’ as well to make the install complete without errors, missed ctypes module otherwise.
Many thanks mate!
When I enter: wget wget https://www.python …… etc I get message:
permission denied
and
cannot write to python-3.7.0.tgz(success).
Its a typo. The line should start with “sudo wget”, not “wget wget”.
Thanks, Darren
I have corrected the typo.
You should not use “sudo” except perhaps for the final installation command.
Awesome instructions, straight and to the point. I would only add for beginners ‘you need to be a bit patient while doing ‘sudo make altinstall’.`
Python 2.7.15rc1
and i get this when I run python -V or python –version
try using python3 -V
The directory ‘/home/nikolay/.cache/pip/http’ or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo’s -H flag.
The directory ‘/home/nikolay/.cache/pip’ or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo’s -H flag.
what does this means?
muchas gracias instalación satisfactoria en instancia de google cloud debían 9 muy buen tutorial
Didn’t work here…
The following error appears at the end of the ‘sudo make altinstall’:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘_ctypes’
Makefile:1132: recipe for target ‘altinstall’ failed
make: *** [altinstall] Error 1
I had the same error. Works with:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 bzip2 libbz2-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev openssl libgdbm-dev libgdbm-compat-dev liblzma-dev libreadline-dev libncursesw5-dev libffi-dev uuid-dev
or
sudo apt-get install libffi-dev
https://bugs.python.org/issue31652
Thank you very much. i installed python3.7 in mint 19 Tara successfully
I installed successfully on Linux Mint 18.3
Thanks and highly appreciate.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 19611207 (19M) [application/octet-stream]
Python-3.4.5.tgz: Permission denied
Cannot write to ‘Python-3.4.5.tgz’ (Success).
help?
HI UNKB,
It looks you have the issue with write on your system. Try to download the file in some other directory like /tmp
try adding “sudo” at the beggining. it work for me.
thanks it worked for me too
Hey,
The tutorial is easy enough to follow, and I went till the following command:
sudo make altinstall
But it goes into an infinite loop, and it never ends.
Actually the following line keep appearing after 2-3 min :
/bin/sh ./configure
PS: I’m trying to install it in Debian(wheezy) in beaglebone black.
Thanks
I can’t check the python version
use this:
python -V
Thanks Rahul,
Very easy to follow instructions. Note to self: if at first it doesn’t work, sudo it and try again 🙂
Thanks again.
[email protected]:/usr/src$ sudo tar xzf Python-3.4.4.tgz
tar (child): Python-3.4.4.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
nigger
Grate example how to install python. One small detail…. you can’t highlight the text in black windows and copy in to terminal. Every thing need to be retyped.
Can you review that article and just place the comments as regular text?
Regards.
Thanks for the well explained instructions. I only had trouble extracting the tar but added sudo and everything worked as it should.
Thanks again
Hi Rahul:
Thank you for your easy to follow tutorial. I get this response:
The directory ‘/home/xxxxx/.cache/pip/http’ or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo’s -H flag.
The directory ‘/home/xxxxx/.cache/pip’ or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo’s -H flag.
after entering: sudo make altinstall
I’m a newbie to Linux (Lubuntu) and Python. Please help. Thank you.
BTW, the OS came with python 2.7.6 installed. Can/do I remove it, if so how?
Does replacing Python 2.7 with Python 3.X in /usr/bin/python affect my system in anyway negatively