Installing Python 3.6 on Ubuntu 16.04

in #howto7 years ago (edited)
  1. install add-apt-repository

apt-get install software-properties-common

  1. now add repository for Python 3.6

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.6 libpython3.6-dev
apt remove python2.7

rm /usr/bin/python3
ln -s /usr/bin/python3.6 /usr/bin/python3

  1. pip

apt install python3-pip

python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools

  1. Say Steem

error:

src/scrypt.c:27:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

This can be avoided by

apt-get install libpython3.6-dev

  1. Installing steem libraries etc

python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools steem numpy

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pip3 install -U setuptools

if setuptools are not found or needs upgrade

apt -y install software-properties-common
pip3 install -U setuptools
add-apt-repository -y ppa:jonathonf/python-3.6
apt update ; apt -y install python3.6 libpython3.6-dev python3-pip
rm -f /usr/bin/python3 ; ln -s /usr/bin/python3.6 /usr/bin/python3
pip3 install -U setuptools
python3 -m pip install -U pip steem numpy
vim /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/steem-0.18.103.dist-info/METADATA