{"id":11305,"date":"2021-10-29T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=11305"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:11:03","slug":"how-to-install-python-3-10-on-rocky-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/red-hat\/how-to-install-python-3-10-on-rocky-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Python 3.10 on Rocky 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Python released its latest stable version – Python 3.10 – on October 04, 2021. This is icing on the cake after marking its 30th anniversary earlier this year. The latest Python upgrade offers an array of several new features<\/a> which enhances user experience and functionality.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, we walk you through the installation of Python 3.10 on Rocky Linux 8.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Install dependencies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First, it\u2019s prudent that we begin by refreshing the software packages and repositories on Rocky Linux as shown.<\/p>\n

$ sudo dnf update<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Once done, install the dependencies including the GCC compiler which will be needed in compiling the source code.<\/p>\n

$ sudo dnf install wget make gcc bzip2-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
Step 2: Download Python 3.10.0 source file<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The next step is to download the Python source code file. To do this, run the following command.<\/p>\n
$ wget https:\/\/www.python.org\/ftp\/python\/3.10.0\/Python-3.10.0.tgz<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
Once you have downloaded the compressed file, extract it. The file is quite small and the extraction process takes a very short time.<\/p>\n
$ tar -xvf Python-3.10.0.tgz<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
Step 3: Install Python 3.10.0 on Rocky Linux 8<\/strong><\/h2>\n
When the extraction is done, navigate to the uncompressed directory.<\/p>\n
$ cd Python-3.10.0<\/strong><\/pre>\n
And run the configuration script which performs a checklist to ensure that all the prerequisites are met before the installation begins.<\/p>\n
$ .\/configure --enable-optimizations<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
The –enable-optimizations<\/strong> option optimizes the Python binaries by running several tests, although it takes much longer to complete. Nonetheless this should take long, and you should be done within a minute or two.<\/p>\n
To commence the build process, run the make <\/strong>command as follows. Here, the option denotes the -j <\/strong>flag of CPU cores. You can find out the number of CPU cores using the nproc <\/strong>command.<\/p>\n
$ nproc<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Back to building the source code. Run the make <\/strong>command<\/p>\n
$ make -j 2<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Here\u2019s a sample of the output.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Lastly, compile the source code by running the following command:<\/p>\n
$ sudo make altinstall<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Once the compilation is complete, verify the Python version installed as follows.<\/p>\n
$ python3.10 --version<\/strong><\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
From the output, we can confirm that Python has been successfully installed.<\/p>\n
And this wraps up our guide. We have successfully installed Python 3.10 on Rocky Linux 8.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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