In this video, we demonstrate to you how to do install the latest version of Python3 via source and using Yum.

Commands used:
Yum
[root@centos7 ~]# yum update -y
[root@centos7 ~]# yum install -y python3
[root@centos7 ~]# python3
[root@centos7 ~]# (Ctrl+D to exit python shell)

Source
[root@centos7 ~]# yum install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel -y
[root@centos7 ~]# curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.1/Python-3.8.1.tgz
[root@centos7 ~]# tar -xzf Python-3.8.1.tgz
[root@centos7 ~]# cd Python-3.8.1/
[root@centos7 Python-3.8.1]# ./configure –enable-optimizations
[root@centos7 Python-3.8.1]# make altinstall
[root@centos7 Python-3.8.1]# python3.8

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Video by: Justin Palmer