Python 3.10 installation on Amazon Linux 2
Python 3.10 Installation Steps :
①: Install the necessary build dependencies.
sudo yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
sudo yum -y install gcc devel libffi-devel openssl11 openssl11-devel
②: Download the Python Gzipped source file.
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.2/Python-3.10.2.tgz
③: Unpack the .tgz file.
tar zxvf Python-3.10.2.tgz
④: Navigate to Python-3.10.2 folder.
cd Python-3.10.2/
⑤: Execute configure script.
./configure
⑥: Build the Python 3.10 binary.
make
If you are getting errors like Could not build the ssl module! Python requires a OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer, verify that you are installing openssl11
and openssl11-devel
in Step 1.
⑦: Install the Python 3.10 binary.
sudo make altinstall
⑧ : Verify Python 3.10 installation.
python3.10 --version
# Output
Python 3.10.2
⑨ : Navigate to home directory.
cd ~
⑩ : Create new virtual environment.
python3.10 -m venv myvenv
⑪ : Activate new virtual environment.
source myvenv/bin/activate
⑫ : Install requests module.
pip install requests
⑫ : Deactivate virtual environment.
deactivate
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