How To Install Python On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

How to Install Python on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you the easy way to install Python on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

How To Install Python On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Run the following command to check whether python is installed on Ubuntu or not:

python

Run the following to check if Python3 is installed as Python3 comes by default with Ubuntu 22.04. To check the installed version of “python3”, run the following command:

python3

Install python-is-python3 On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Run the following command to install “python-is-python3” package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This package redirects Python to Python3 by creating a symbolic link of Python3 for Python.

sudo apt install python-is-python3

Run the following command to verify the availability of the default Python3:

python3 --version

How to Uninstall Python From Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

sudo apt remove python3

How to Install a Different Version of Python From Source On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

First, run the following command to install the required dependencies on Ubuntu.

sudo apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libsqlite3-dev libbz2-dev

Now, download the required Python package with the following command:

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.1/Python-3.11.1.tgz

Now, run the following command to extract the Python Source Files:

tar -xvf Python-3.11.1.tgz

After extracting Python, run the following command to configure Python:

cd Python-3.11.1
./configure--enable-optimizations

Compile the source file:

make

Now, it’s time to install Python with the following command:

sudo make altinstall

After all this steps, run the following command to check the version of Python:

python3.11 --version