[Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

boB Stepp robertvstepp at gmail.com
Sun Jul 15 17:04:06 EDT 2018


On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:30 PM Terry Carroll <carroll at tjc.com> wrote:
> That being said, if you do want to update to the latest version available
> for Mint, this command should do it for you:
>
>    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade python3
>
> If Mint doesn't have a vetted 3.6.6 yet, I would leave it alone.

This is what led me to my question, I could not find a "vetted 3.6.6".
However, I will keep your suggested command in mind for the future.

I have decided I am going to try out Mats' suggestion of pyenv.  It
seems clean, flexible, and does not mess with the system Python.

Thanks!
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boB


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