How to Install Python on a Linux Server

There are usually two ways to install Python on Linux: through a package manager or manually. Here we describe the method of installing Python through a package manager:

1. Installing Python using a package manager

Linux distributions usually come with Python, but may be older versions of Python. to install the latest version of Python, you can use a package manager. Different Linux distributions use different package managers. Below is a list of the major distributions and their corresponding package managers, as well as the commands to install Python:

• Ubuntu/Debian: apt-get install python
• CentOS/Fedora: yum install python
• Arch Linux: pacman -S python
• OpenSUSE: zypper install python

2. Installing Python manually

If you want to install a specific version of Python or need to customize the installation options for Python, you can consider installing Python manually.Installing Python manually involves downloading the source code and compiling and installing it. Here are the steps to install Python manually:

• interviewshttps://www.python.org/downloads/下载最新版本的Python源代码
• Extract the source package: tar -xzf Python-X.Y.Z.tgz
• Go to the source directory: cd Python-X.Y.Z
• Configure and compile the source code: . /configure && make
• Install Python: sudo make install

After completing the above steps, you can start the Python interpreter by typing python in the command line. If you have multiple versions of Python installed in Linux at the same time, you can use pythonX.Y to start a specific version of the Python interpreter. For example, to start the Python 3.9 interpreter, you can use the python3.9 command.