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How to install Python 3.8.3 on Raspberry Pi

Install Python 3.8.3 on Raspberry Pi

In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Python 3.8.3 on Raspberry Pi running raspbian on it.

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1. Update the Raspbian

Update the Raspbian before installing python.

sudo apt-get update

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2. Prerequisites

Before installing Python 3.8 there are some dependencies that we need to install. Use the following command to install the required dependencies.

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential tk-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libreadline6-dev libdb5.3-dev libgdbm-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev libexpat1-dev liblzma-dev zlib1g-dev libffi-dev tar wget vim

3. Install pyenv Raspberry PI

First of all, let’s install pyenv on Debian (https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv)

git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv

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4. Define environment variable

$ echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc && echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

5. Source the Bashrc

Now let’s source the .bashrc file

source ~/.bashrc

6. Check pyenv

Now we can check if pyenv has been installed by using the following command

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7. Install Python 3.8.3

Now we will extract and install Python from the source.
$ pyenv install 3.8.3
Downloading Python-3.8.3.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.3/Python-3.8.3.tar.xz
Installing Python-3.8.3...
Installed Python-3.8.3 to /home/pi/.pyenv/versions/3.8.3

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8. Check Python

Now Python is installed you can check the version using the following command.

$ pyenv versions
* system (set by /home/pi/.pyenv/version)
3.8.3

Now you have successfully installed Python 3.8.3 on Raspberry Pi.

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