Installing Python

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Install the required 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

3. Download and decompress the Python 3 installation package.

   wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.5/Python-3.7.5.tgz
   tar -zxvf Python-3.7.5.tgz

4. Go to the installation directory.

   cd Python-3.7.5

5. Perform the compilation and installation.

   ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python3.7.5 --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions --enable-shared
   make
   make install

6. Set the soft links.

   sudo ln -s /usr/local/python3.7.5/bin/python3 /usr/local/python3.7.5/bin/python3.7.5
   sudo ln -s /usr/local/python3.7.5/bin/pip3 /usr/local/python3.7.5/bin/pip3.7.5