How to Install Python 3.10 on CentOS/RHEL 8 & Fedora 36/35
Abstract: //www.python.org/ftp/python to download the latest or required version of the Python. Command line users can download Python 3.10 via command lineThis
The Python development team has released the latest version of Python 3.10. This includes more new features, security patches, and many other improvements. This version includes a new feature that is Parenthesized, context managers. Using enclosing parentheses for continuation across multiple lines in context managers is now supported. For more details read the complete changelog.
This tutorial will help you with the installation of Python 3.10 on all Fedora versions and CentOS/RHEL 8 Linux systems. The tutorial will compile and install Python 3.10 source code on your system.
PrerequisitesThe system must have a pre-installed GCC compiler on your system. In order to install all required packages, Login to your server using ssh or shell access, and execute the following command to install all prerequisites for Python.
sudo dnf install wget yum-utils make gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel
Step 1 – Download Python 3.10 Source Code
First step is to download the Python 3.10 source code. Visit the official download site https://www.python.org/ftp/python to download the latest or required version of the Python.
Command line users can download Python 3.10 via command line:
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.5/Python-3.10.5.tgz
Then, extract the archive file on your system
tar xzf Python-3.10.5.tgz
This will create a directory named Python-3.10.5 in the current directory containing all source files for Python 3.10.
Step 2 – Installing Python 3.10 on Fedora/CentOSChange directory to Python-3.10.4. Then prepare the source code with the required values before compiling it.
cd Python-3.10.5
sudo ./configure --with-system-ffi --with-computed-gotos --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions
Next, compile the source code with make. Here nproc
will provide the number of CPU cores available on system. So that make can perform well.
make altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default python binary file /usr/bin/python.sudo make -j ${nproc}
sudo make altinstall
Now, we don’t need the downloaded archive file, so delete it to free space.
sudo rm Python-3.10.5.tgz
Step 3 – Test Python Version
At this step, you have successfully installed Python 3.10 on Fedora or CentOS/RHEL system. Now, check the installed versions of Python and PIP.
Check Python Version:
python3.10 -V
Python 3.10.4
Check PIP Version:
pip3.10 -V
pip 20.2.3 from /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip (python 3.10)
Step 4 – Create Virtual Environment
It is a good idea to create a separate virtual environment for each Python application. Which provides an isolated environment where the Python project has its own modules and set of dependencies.
To create Python virtual environment, run:
cd ~/python-app/
sudo /usr/local/bin/python3.10 -m venv appenv
Here ~/python-app is containing the Python application. All the env files will be generated under ~/python-app/appenv directory. You can active the environment by running command:
source appenv/bin/activate
Do your stuff with isolated environment here. Once you finish with your work, deactivate the environment by typing:
deactivate
This will return you back to the main system prompt.
ConclusionThis tutorial described you to install Python 3.10 on Fedora and CentOS/RHEL 8 systems using the source code.