Installing from RPM is generally better, because:
- you can install and uninstall (properly) python3.
- the installation time is way faster. If you work in a cloud environment with multiple VMs, compiling python3 on each VMs is not acceptable.
Solution 1: Red Hat & EPEL repositories
Red Hat has added through the EPEL repository:
- Python 3.4 for CentOS 6
- Python 3.6 for CentOS 7
[EPEL] How to install Python 3.4 on CentOS 6
sudo yum install -y epel-release
sudo yum install -y python34
# Install pip3
sudo yum install -y python34-setuptools # install easy_install-3.4
sudo easy_install-3.4 pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
pyvenv /tmp/foo
[EPEL] How to install Python 3.6 on CentOS 7
With CentOS7, pip3.6 is provided as a package :)
sudo yum install -y epel-release
sudo yum install -y python36 python36-pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
python3.6 -m venv /tmp/foo
If you use the pyvenv script, you'll get a WARNING:
$ pyvenv-3.6 /tmp/foo
WARNING: the pyenv script is deprecated in favour of `python3.6 -m venv`
Solution 2: IUS Community repositories
The IUS Community provides some up-to-date packages for RHEL & CentOS. The guys behind are from Rackspace, so I think that they are quite trustworthy...
https://ius.io/
Check the right repo for you here:
https://ius.io/setup
[IUS] How to install Python 3.6 on CentOS 6
sudo yum install -y https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el6.rpm
sudo yum install -y python36u python36u-pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
python3.6 -m venv /tmp/foo
[IUS] How to install Python 3.6 on CentOS 7
sudo yum install -y https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm
sudo yum install -y python36u python36u-pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
python3.6 -m venv /tmp/foo
Installing from RPM is generally better, because:
- you can install and uninstall (properly) python3.
- the installation time is way faster. If you work in a cloud environment with multiple VMs, compiling python3 on each VMs is not acceptable.
Solution 1: Red Hat & EPEL repositories
Red Hat has added through the EPEL repository:
- Python 3.4 for CentOS 6
- Python 3.6 for CentOS 7
[EPEL] How to install Python 3.4 on CentOS 6
sudo yum install -y epel-release
sudo yum install -y python34
# Install pip3
sudo yum install -y python34-setuptools # install easy_install-3.4
sudo easy_install-3.4 pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
pyvenv /tmp/foo
[EPEL] How to install Python 3.6 on CentOS 7
With CentOS7, pip3.6 is provided as a package :)
sudo yum install -y epel-release
sudo yum install -y python36 python36-pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
python3.6 -m venv /tmp/foo
If you use the pyvenv script, you'll get a WARNING:
$ pyvenv-3.6 /tmp/foo
WARNING: the pyenv script is deprecated in favour of `python3.6 -m venv`
Solution 2: IUS Community repositories
The IUS Community provides some up-to-date packages for RHEL & CentOS. The guys behind are from Rackspace, so I think that they are quite trustworthy...
https://ius.io/
Check the right repo for you here:
https://ius.io/setup
[IUS] How to install Python 3.6 on CentOS 6
sudo yum install -y https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el6.rpm
sudo yum install -y python36u python36u-pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
python3.6 -m venv /tmp/foo
[IUS] How to install Python 3.6 on CentOS 7
sudo yum install -y https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm
sudo yum install -y python36u python36u-pip
You can create your virtualenv using pyvenv:
python3.6 -m venv /tmp/foo
It is easy to install python manually (i.e. build from source):
Download (there may be newer releases on Python.org):
$ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.3/Python-3.4.3.tar.xzUnzip
$ tar xf Python-3.* $ cd Python-3.*Prepare compilation
$ ./configureBuild
$ makeInstall
$ make installOR if you don't want to overwrite the
pythonexecutable (safer, at least on some distrosyumneedspythonto be 2.x, such as for RHEL6) - you can installpython3.*as a concurrent instance to the system default with analtinstall:$ make altinstall
Now if you want an alternative installation directory, you can pass --prefix to the configurecommand.
Example: for 'installing' Python in /opt/local, just add --prefix=/opt/local.
After the make install step: In order to use your new Python installation, it could be, that you still have to add the [prefix]/bin to the $PATH and [prefix]/lib to the $LD_LIBRARY_PATH (depending of the --prefix you passed)
How to install Python 3, pip, venv, Virtualenv, and Pipenv on RHEL
This article shows how to install Python 3, pip, venv, virtualenv, and pipenv on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. After following the steps in this article, you should be in a good position to follow many Python guides and tutorials using RHEL.
Using Python virtual environments is a best practice to isolate project-specific dependencies and create reproducible environments. Other tips and FAQs for working with Python and software collections on RHEL 7 are also covered.
There are a number of different ways to get Python 3 installed on RHEL. There are many articles and answers online that give incomplete steps or inappropriate answers for people/enterprises that are running RHEL.
This article uses Red Hat Software Collections because these give you a current Python installation that is built and supported by Red Hat. During development, support might not seem that important to you. However, support is important to those who have to deploy and operate the applications you write. To understand why this is important, consider what happens when your application is in production and a critical security vulnerability in a core library (for example SSL/TLS) is discovered. This type of scenario is why many enterprises use Red Hat.
Python 3.6 is used in this article. It was the most recent, stable release when this was written. However, you should be able to use these instructions for any of the versions of Python in Red Hat Software Collections including 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and future collections such as 3.7.
I hope this answers a number of questions about software collections and working with Python 3 on RHEL. Feedback is welcome.
More on reddit.comPython 3 is the default Python implementation in RHEL 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is distributed with
Python 3.6. The package is not installed by default. To installPython 3.6, use theyum install python3command.
Python 2.7is available in thepython2package. However,Python 2will have a shorter life cycle and its aim is to facilitate smoother transition toPython 3for customers.Neither the default
pythonpackage nor the unversioned/usr/bin/pythonexecutable is distributed with RHEL 8. Customers are advised to usepython3orpython2directly. Alternatively, administrators can configure the unversionedpythoncommand using thealternativescommand.For details, see Using Python 3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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