Install Python 3.7.5 on Centos 7

Install Python 3.7.5 on CentOS 7

Install Python 3.7.5 on CentOS/RHEL 7

1.Requirements:

yum install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel

# Below requirement for djang projects
yum install readline-devel tk-devel tk-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel openssl tk readline sqlite

2.Download Python 3.7:

cd /usr/src
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.5/Python-3.7.5.tar.xz
tar xf Python-3.7.5.tar.xz

3.Install Python 3.7.5:

cd Python-3.7.5
./configure --enable-optimizations
make altinstall

(make altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default python binary file /usr/bin/python)

4.Remove downloaded source archive file from your system:

rm /usr/src/Python-3.7.5.tar.xz

5.Check Python Version

python3.7 -V

echo 'alias python3.7="python3"' >> ~/.bashrc

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