Oracle Linux 7 -- Install Python 3.7 from Source

Problem

You want to install Python 3.7 or latest version on Oracle Linux 7 or RHEL 7 platforms.

 

Solution

First make sure you have set up yum repositories to be able to download and install required packages.

Install required packages:

# yum install wget

# yum install gcc readline readline-devel

# yum install zlib zlib-devel

# yum install libffi-devel openssl-devel

Install optional packages:

# yum install tk tk-devel
# yum install sqlite sqlite-devel
# yum install bzip2 bzip2-devel
# yum install xz xz-devel
# yum install libuuid libuuid-devel
# yum install uuid

From the https://www.python.org/downloads/source/ page, navigate to the Latest Python 3 Release page, and download the latest source code archive file, for example:

# wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tgz

Extract the source code from the archive:

# tar -xf Python-3.7.3.tgz

Change directory to the source directory:

# cd Python-3.7.3

Run the commands to build and install Python 3:

# ./configure --enable-optimizations

# make

# make test

# make install

This should install python3:

# python3
Python 3.7.3 (default, May  2 2019, 21:00:48)
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36.0.1)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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