Python 3.8 or later on Debian?

Thomas Passin list1 at tompassin.net
Wed Sep 18 19:27:29 EDT 2024


On 9/18/2024 10:49 AM, Ulrich Goebel via Python-list wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Debian Linux seems to love Python 3.7 - that is shown by apt-get list, and it's installed on my Debian Server.
> 
> But I need at least Python 3.8
> 
> Is there a repository which I can give to apt to get Python 3.8 or later?
> 
> Or do I really have to install and compile these versions manually? I'm not a friend of things so deep in the system...

My Debian 12 VM has python 3.11.  You must have a very old version of 
Debian. On some VMs (not Debian, I think) I have had other Python 
versions alongside of the system's, e.g., 3.11 and 3.12. I didn't 
compile them myself. You will have to search for a repository with the 
right package.  But upgrade your system first!


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