Install Python 3.8 on Raspberry Pi
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Python 3.8.0 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. Download Python
You can download Python from the official website or use the following command.
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.0/Python-3.8.0.tgz
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4. Install Python 3.8
Now we will extract and install Python from the source.
sudo tar zxf Python-3.8.0.tgz
cd Python-3.8.0
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make -j 4
sudo make altinstall
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5. Check Python version
Now Python is installed you can check the version using the following command.
python3.8 -V
6. Make Python 3.8 as the default version
If you want to use python 3.8 as a default version you can create an alias.echo "alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3.8" >> ~/.bashrc
Then source the .bashrc file.
source ~/.bashrc
7. Check Python Version
After creating an alias check the python version again.
python -V
Python 3.8.0
Now you have successfully installed Python 3.8 on Raspberry Pi.
8. Clean up
Now you can clean up using the archive
sudo rm -rf Python-3.8.0.tgz
sudo rm -rf Python-3.8.0
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