At writing time of this article Python 3.7.3 latest stable version of 3.7 series is available to install. This article will help you to install Python 3.7.3 on Ubuntu and LinuxMint operating system. You can visit here to read more about Python releases.
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 libffi-dev zlib1g-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/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tgz
Now extract the downloaded package.
sudo tar xzf Python-3.7.3.tgz
Step 3 – Compile Python Source
Use below set of commands to compile Python source code on your system using altinstall.
cd Python-3.7.3 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-3.7.3
Before installing Python 3.7.3
just execute this command given below for easy working
$ sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
Great instructions. But, they are being done without consideration for the existing ‘Python 3.6.7’ that presently exists on the ‘Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa’ working as the primary platform? There won’t be confusion in regard to anything to do w/python3 then?
thanks
Please help!
(python-may2019) [email protected]:~/programowanie$ pip install jupyter
pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Collecting jupyter
Cache entry deserialization failed, entry ignored
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/jupyter/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: Can’t connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available. – skipping
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement jupyter (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for jupyter
thanks, it worked for me!
Hi @Rahul_Kumar,
Thanks for contributing this great article. The output throws a Build error while compiling python source within ‘$ sudo make altinstall’.
Just want to fork an edit for a successful installation on Ubuntu (18.04 or other).
It works neatly if you add another LOC within STEP-1 (Prerequisites) as stated under, rest assured installation will be successful.
$sudo apt-get install libffi-dev
*** STEP-1 : Prerequisites ***
$ 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
$ sudo apt-get install libffi-dev
Oh, thanks! It works in my Linux machine.
sudo apt-get install libffi-dev
Follow the steps to the T and it works well.
I needed to install two additional packages; `zlib1g-dev` and `libffi-dev`
Thank you for helping me a lot ..
Great article. Worked neatly. THank you
Einen Gruß aus Deutschland!!!!! (Germany)
LG, Martin
I have this error when i use python3.7 for create virtual enviorment.
GNU nano 2.9.3 /var/log/apache2/rpg-tukunang-siteminder.log
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910728 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/aggregates.py”, line 5, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910731 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from django.db.models.expressions import Case, Func, Star, When
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910737 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/expressions.py”, line 7, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910740 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from django.db.models import fields
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910749 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py”, line 11, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910752 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from django import forms
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910757 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/forms/__init__.py”, line 6, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910761 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from django.forms.boundfield import * # NOQA
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910766 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/forms/boundfield.py”, line 4, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910769 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from django.forms.widgets import Textarea, TextInput
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910775 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/forms/widgets.py”, line 21, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910778 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from .renderers import get_default_renderer
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910783 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/forms/renderers.py”, line 11, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910786 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from django.template.backends.jinja2 import Jinja2
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910792 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/template/backends/jinja2.py”, line 1, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910795 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] import jinja2
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910800 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py”, line 82, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910804 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] _patch_async()
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910809 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/__init__.py”, line 78, in _patch_async
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910812 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from jinja2.asyncsupport import patch_all
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910818 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/jinja2/asyncsupport.py”, line 13, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910821 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] import asyncio
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910826 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/usr/lib/python3.6/asyncio/__init__.py”, line 21, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910830 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from .base_events import *
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910835 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/usr/lib/python3.6/asyncio/base_events.py”, line 17, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910838 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] import concurrent.futures
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910843 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/concurrent/futures/__init__.py”, line 8, in
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910849 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] from concurrent.futures._base import (FIRST_COMPLETED,
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910863 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] File “/var/www/sm/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/concurrent/futures/_base.py”, line 381
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910871 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] raise exception_type, self._exception, self._traceback
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910889 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] ^
[Tue Mar 19 06:56:20.910897 2019] [wsgi:error] [pid 29306:tid 139714993866496] [remote 188.114.102.126:28470] SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Hey, How do you reverse/delete the entire install?
Two comments:
1) I find it bad form to build as root. If the build fails (as it did for me) you have a mess to clean up with files/folders owned by root. The Makefile is designed (and intended) to build and test python as an unprivileged user in an unprivileged folder. Only the final step (make altinstall) needs to run as super user.
2) You might have missed a dependency. My build failed on _ctype module. Although this is listed as an optional module and the build process continues after acknowledging the failure, the build ultimately fails during final installation while pre-compiling the python library. So the python library only gets partially installed and leaves quite the mess to clean up. So maybe it is not so optional? Add “libffi-dev” to the list of libraries to install prior to building. Once I added it, the install went smoothly.
Great article. Worked neatly. THank you
gracias parce, me fue de mucha utilidad… lastima no tener pa invitarlo a una cerveza…
I need to run Selenium using Python 3.7 on Ubuntu 18.04. Since with above steps Python 3.7 libs gets installed in /usr/local/bin not in /usr/bin, on installation of selenium , selenium binaries compatible with Python 2.7 libs gets installed on running below command:
sudo pip install selenium .
Isn’t it be a better idea to install Python3.7 as proper install in /usr/bin instead of alternate install like above?
“make altinstall” intentionally installs in the alternate directory to preserve your distribution’s default python in the “normal” place. If you use “make install” instead, this will install the new python in the normal place replacing the default one that came with your distribution. HOWEVER, it is VERY LIKELY you will break several things in your distribution that depend on the version of python that came with your distribution. Use at your own risk.
Very good. You save me
I follow all the instructions as given but I get this error when I do
sudo make altinstal
from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘_ctypes’
Makefile:1140: recipe for target ‘altinstall’ failed
make: *** [altinstall] Error 1
See my post how to solve this.
Worked like a charm except i had to run `$ apt-get install libffi-dev` due to the build failing…may want to add to your notes. Thanks.
When I try to build with pip I get this error.
./configure –enable-optimizations –with-ensurepip=install
sudo make altinstall
What does it mean?
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py”, line 143, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/commands/install.py”, line 259, in run
with self._build_session(options) as session:
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py”, line 79, in _build_session
insecure_hosts=options.trusted_hosts,
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/download.py”, line 337, in __init__
self.headers[“User-Agent”] = user_agent()
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_internal/download.py”, line 100, in user_agent
zip([“name”, “version”, “id”], distro.linux_distribution()),
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_vendor/distro.py”, line 120, in linux_distribution
return _distro.linux_distribution(full_distribution_name)
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_vendor/distro.py”, line 675, in linux_distribution
self.version(),
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_vendor/distro.py”, line 735, in version
self.lsb_release_attr(‘release’),
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_vendor/distro.py”, line 892, in lsb_release_attr
return self._lsb_release_info.get(attribute, ”)
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_vendor/distro.py”, line 550, in __get__
ret = obj.__dict__[self._fname] = self._f(obj)
File “/tmp/tmp24wspe96/pip-18.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pip/_vendor/distro.py”, line 998, in _lsb_release_info
stdout = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=devnull)
File “/home/robert/src/Python-3.7.2/Lib/subprocess.py”, line 395, in check_output
**kwargs).stdout
File “/home/robert/src/Python-3.7.2/Lib/subprocess.py”, line 487, in run
output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command ‘(‘lsb_release’, ‘-a’)’ returned non-zero exit status 1.
Makefile:1140: recipe for target ‘altinstall’ failed
make: *** [altinstall] Error 2
I’m doing all that and in the end I’m still getting:
[email protected]:/usr/src/Python-3.7.2 $ python3 –version
Python 3.5.3
It seems 3.7.2 didn’t get installed correctly??
try this,
$ python3.7 –version
works beautifully on Mint 19.1
Big thankyou!
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 :
***
virtualenv -p /usr/local/bin/python3.7 py37_test1
****
to create a virtual env using python 3.7 , i get the following error :
*****************
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)
—————————————-
…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
**********
How can I create a virtual env using python3.7
Hi,
Same problem here, if someone knows how to fix this, it would be very helpful
sudo apt-get install libffi-dev (on Debian)
Segura no puta merda e vai com fé, jovem padawan! haha
Hi,
I want to know the same command for ubuntu
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
YES, it will break your system.