Below are the steps to install/setup Python3.8.17, steps should be more or less similar for other version too.
$ sudo yum update $ sudo yum install yum-utils $ sudo yum install bzip2-devel
Download required version from https://www.python.org/downloads/source/
$ cd /test/directory/bypramod $ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.17/Python-3.8.17.tar.xz $ tar -xvf Python-3.8.17.tar.xz $ cd Python-3.8.17 $ ./configure --enable-optimizations --with-lto --with-ensurepip=install --with-wheel-pkg-dir=/other-test-dir/pp_python --prefix=/other-test-dir/pp_python/ $ make $ make altinstall
At this stage the python will be installed in location "/other-test-dir/pp_python/"
Now,
$ cd /other-test-dir/pp_python/ $ cd bin $ ./python3.8 --version
This should give the Python3.8.17 version as downloaded.
To install the python libraries with pip3.8, run from the same directory.
$./pip3.8 install pandas
$ ./pip3.8 list
Validation:
$ ./python3.8 >> import pandas >> exit()
Creating virtual environment for version > 3.3
$ ./python3.8 -m venv bypramodpython38 $ source pramodpython38/bin/activate $ python --version $ deactivate
