Installing Python 3

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Download the Python 3 installation package.

   cd /path/to/Python3
   wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.8/Python-3.9.8.tar.xz

3. Decompress the installation package.

   tar xvf Python-3.9.8.tar.xz

4. Install the Python dependencies.

   yum -y install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel ncurses-devel sqlite-devel readline-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel db4-devel libpcap-devel xz-devel

5. Install Python.

   cd Python-3.9.8
   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/Python-3.9.8-install
   make
   make install

6. Load the environment variables.

   export PATH=/path/to/Python-3.9.8-install/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/Python-3.9.8-install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH