Install python 3.7.0 on CentOS v7.5

Python will be installed in the following CenOS version:

$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)

Install gcc compiler and other packages:

$ sudo yum install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi–devel

Go to the Python web page https://www.python.org/ and click latest python link in Download section.

In the files section select Gzipped source tarball and copy the link address.

Link address: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.0/Python-3.7.0.tgz

Go to the CentOS 7.5.0 console and download the file:

$ cd /usr/src
$ sudo https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.0/Python-3.7.0.tgz –output Python-3.7.0.tgz

Extract the downloaded package:

$ sudo tar xzvf Python-3.7.0.tgz

Go to the extracted package and compile the python code:

$ cd Python-3.7.0
$ sudo ./configure –enable-optimizations
$ sudo make altinstall

Note: altinstall option prevents new python version to replace the existing one.

Remove downloaded package:

$ sudo rm -fR /usr/src/Python-3.7.0.tgz

Verify Python version:

$ python3.7 -V
Python 3.7.0

Verify Python path:

$ whereis python3.7
python3: /usr/local/bin/python3.7m /usr/local/bin/python3.7 /usr/local/bin/python3.7m-config /usr/local/lib/python3.7

Check the simple script working:

$ python3.7 -c “print(‘Hellow Python’)”
Hellow Python

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