Installing Python

Procedure

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

   cd /path/to/PYTHON
   tar -xvf Python-3.8.2.tgz

3. Go to the directory generated after the decompression.

   cd Python-3.8.2

4. Perform the configuration.

   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/PYTHON

5. Perform the compilation and installation.

   make
   make install

6. Back up Python.

   mv /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python-bak

7. Create a soft link for Python.

   ln -s /path/to/PYTHON/bin/python3.8 /usr/bin/python