Python and Ubuntu versions

[Peter J. Holzer]

On 2021-07-23 15:17:59 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 23Jul2021 07:54, אורי <uri at speedy.net> wrote:
> >I have a production server with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (currently upgraded to
> >Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS) and I use Python in virtualenv - currently Python
> >3.6.9. I'm using Django and I read that from Django 4.0, a minimal version
> >of Python 3.8 will be required. I would like to know how I use the latest
> >version of Python (3.10 or 3.9) with my production server
[...]
> 
> I would install a totally separate Python from the vendor (ubunut) 
> provided one. This prevents subtle changes to what the OS has been 
> tested against.
> 
> You can built Python from source and install it, for example with a 
> prefix like /usr/local/ptyhon-3.10. That gets you a different version; 
> nothing in the OS stuff will try to use it, but you use it to invoke 
> your Django app.

If you are using mod_wsgi to run your Python apps you will probably have
to rebuild that as well. The mod_wsgi supplied with Ubuntu uses the
system Python and at least a cursory glance through the docs doesn't
reveal a way to change that.

        hp

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