How to update python version in linux terminal

python linux updates

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First of all, you are off topic here. There is a sister site about Linux administration.

The exact way of upgrading python depends on the particular Linux version that you have.

apt-get only works on Debian and Ubuntu Linux. On SuSE, you can try yast. Fedora has a package manager called yum I believe.

Details should be in the documentation of your Linux distribution.

Some Linux distributions may even have multiple python versions installed at the same time.

Try running python2.6, maybe it is already installed.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

jhon keeth over 1 year

How to update python(2.4) to python 2.6 in redhat linux terminal?

I tried sudo apt-get install python2.6 but returned sudo: apt-get: command not found, I am new to linux, any help would be appreciated!
- gallardoelise2 over 11 years
  
  What distribution of Linux are you using?
- Admin over 11 years
  
  what linux disto do you use?
- jhon keeth over 11 years
  
  @Joseph: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse over 11 years

No, that is not a good idea. Because you do not get automatic security updates anymore. Stick to the distribution version.
jhon keeth over 11 years

thanks for the reply! I managade to install python2.7, but python -V still shows python 2.4.3...?
Has QUIT--Anony-Mousse over 11 years

Your default python the probably still is python 2.4 - this is not bad, as some application might expect it to be that way. Try running python2.7 if you want python 2.7