How To Install Python3 CentOS 7 VPS

Python 3.6 has been released and in this guide, we are going to install python3 on a CentOS 7 NVMe VPS. This guide will work for dedicated servers too.

Python is a programming language in use by millions of applications around the world. Its simple language is easy to learn yet powerful. Python is not included in the default repository used in CentOS, it’s included in the InLine Upstream repository.

Install Python3 – CentOS 7

If you have just purchased your server then an update of the system and cache should have been completed automatically on boot but if now, update the system and cache.

yum update -y ; yum makecache -y

Install Utils

Next, install the utils package using yum from the ssh console.

yum install yum-utils -y

Install InLine Upstream repository

Now to install Python we need to add the IUS repository;

yum install \
https://repo.ius.io/ius-release-el7.rpm \
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

Update Yum Cache

Finally, before installing Python update your yum cache again.

yum makecache -y

Install Python 3.6

Next, install Python

yum install python36u -y

Install Python3 CentOS 7 — Python 3 install on CentOS 7

To install a different version of Python you can use the alternative commands to install your required version

Install Python 3.5

yum install python36u -y

Install Python 3.4

yum install python34u -y

Python should now be deployed to your VPS if you need to remove a version from your server issue the yum remove command and the version of Python you want to remove, yum remove python34u -y

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