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How to get Python 3.6?

Hi All,

/usr/bin/python3.6 does not exist for me :(

Is there anything I need to know about installing it in this environment? Can I just do an install via the tarball?

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.5/Python-3.6.5.tgz

Thanks!

You need to have your system image upgraded. See this

@greencracker You are on the old system image. We could upgrade you to a new one.

One word of warning first -- because changing the system image upgrades a lot of the pre-installed Python packages, any code that you have that relies on those packages might break if it's not compatible with the new versions. Also, because the new image has newer versions of Python, if you have any virtualenvs, you may need to rebuild them. If you're happy to go ahead despite that, just let us know and we'll switch you over.

Hi thanks, yes, I'll take an upgrade please, might as well add 3.6 and 3.7 both. I'll rebuild my venvs if I need to. Thanks!

No problem. I have updated your system image.

Works a charm, thanks!