[Distutils] Questions about Python 3.6.2 installation

[Leonardo Rochael Almeida]

Hi Carlos,

Distutils is not the exact forum for these kinds of questions, since we
mostly deal with the packaging of Python code for redistribution, not with
redistribution / installation of Python itself.

For general help with Python we suggest the python-help mailing list:

https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-help

That said, you can install Python 3.6.2 while still maintaining Python
3.5.2 installed. For Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu based (as far as I
remember), I suggest you use the Dead Snakes PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

In any case, I recommend against uninstalling the Pythons that came with
your system, as other packages might depend on them.

Alternatively, if you don't want to mess with system packages at all, you
can use `pyenv`:

https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv

Best regards,

Leo


On 13 September 2017 at 07:59, Carlos Baptista <baptista.carlos.ab at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
>
> I'm currently using Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" (Cinnamon-64) and Python
> there're two versions installed by default on my system: *Python 2.7.12*
> and *Python 3.5.2* (picture bellow).
>
> [image: Imagem inline 2]
>
> I would like to install the latest Python version (3.6.2). As far as I
> know, I can't install it over Python 2. However, I would like to know if I
> can install the 3.6.2 over 3.5.2. If that's possible, how can I do that?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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