Install Python 3.6.3 from source in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

python3.6.3_ubuntu_16.04.md

Install Python 3.6.3 from source in Ubuntu 16.04

Why Python 3.6?

Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management.

Some reasons you might want to use REST framework:

• Improved numeric literals: six_figures = 100_000 will output 100000
• String interpolation: Introduces Formatted String Literals.

  >>> a = 5
  >>> b = 10
  >>> f'Five plus ten is {a + b} and not {2 * (a + b)}.'
  'Five plus ten is 15 and not 30.'
  

• Type annotations for variables: Add type annotations to functions and methods

  def my_add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
      return a + b
  

Environment

• Operating System : Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit)

Download official release

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/Python-3.6.3.tgz

Unpack downloaded archive

tar -xvf Python-3.6.3.tgz

Run the configure script

cd Python-3.6.3
./configure

Install

make
make install

If you get zlib not available install zlib using:

sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev

if make or make install generates error use sudo before these.

Check version

python3.6 --version

Creation of virtual environment

python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment