Installing Python

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Run the following command to install the dependencies required by Python:

   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. Run the following command to decompress the Python installation package:

   tar -xvf Python-3.6.3.tgz

4. Run the following command to switch to the directory containing the decompressed files:

   cd Python-3.6.3

5. Run the following command perform configuration:

   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/PYTHON3

6. Run the following commands to perform compilation and installation:

   make -j
   make install

7. Run the following commands to set the Python environment variables:

   export PATH=/path/to/PYTHON3/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/PYTHON3/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH