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Learn to install PYTHON 3.6 on

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Python is one of the famous programming language & it has been gaining more
popularity especially since the advent of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence,
Internet of things etc. It is now being adopted in almost all the industries, all across the
globe. What is makes it more popular is the fact that it is one of the easiest
programming language to learn & adopt.

If thinking from System Administration point of view, it is used in scripting & for tools
puppet, chef etc. Thus making it one of the most sought after skill for a System
Administrator. In this tutorial, we will learn to install Python 3.6, which is the latest
version of python on Centos 7 machine.

So lets get going ..

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Installation

As Python 3.6 is still not available via default yum repositories, so there are two ways by
which we can install Python 3.6 on Centos 7,

1- By compiling from source method

Before we can compile the source packages for python 3.6, we need to make sure that
we have all the dependencies installed on our system. To install the required packages ,
open terminal & execute
$ yum groupinstall development

& also install

$ yum install zlib-devel

Once the packages have been installed, we will now download the python source
package,
$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0.tar.xz
Now extract the package,
$ tar -xJf Python-3.6.0.tar.xz

Next, we will compile the source packages & install it,

$ cd Python-3.6.0
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
After the installation completes, you will have Python 3.6 installed on your Centos 7
machine.

2- By using IUS (Inline with upstream stable) method

Now the second method to install python 3.6 is somewhat not that popular, & is known
to very few but it will get the work done. In this method , we will first install IUS. IUS or
Inline with Upstream Stable, provides rpm for some newer version of softwares
including python 3.6. To install IUS on your Centos machine, execute
$ yum -y install https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm

Once the IUS installation has completed, we can use yum to install python on our
systems,
$ yum install python36u
This will install python on the system.

Now to launch python on your machine after the installation, open terminal & type
$ python3
Thats it guys, we are planning to start a learning series for python & will update on that
soon. For now please do leave your valuable feedback & queries in the comment box
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