There are several ways to install python 3 on Oracle Linux 7 systems. You can either perform an installation using an EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository or the Software Collection Library (SCL) which requires that you perform other types of commands. However, on this post I am going to install from the the Oracle Linux 7 latest repository which is also another method besides the two previously mentioned. Also the OS will be an Oracle Linux 7.6 that comes installed by default, the version 2.7 of Python is different from Oracle Linux 7.7 that comes with Python in its version 3. Once the Python 3 has been installed you can check the version starting the Python3 utility . For futher information about each method I do recommend you to check up the Oracle Documentation for Python that you can find in the reference below:
https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-python.html
So to perform the installation from the Oracle Linux 7 latest repository you So to perform the installation from the Oracle Linux 7 latest repository you simply run the command “yum install -y python3”:
oraclelinux7]# python --version Python 2.7.5 oraclelinux7]# yum install -y python3 Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package python3.x86_64 0:3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: python3-libs(x86-64) = 3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 for package: python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: python3-pip for package: python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: python3-setuptools for package: python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libpython3.6m.so.1.0()(64bit) for package: python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package python3-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 will be installed ---> Package python3-pip.noarch 0:9.0.3-7.el7_8 will be installed ---> Package python3-setuptools.noarch 0:39.2.0-10.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================ Installing: python3 x86_64 3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 ol7_latest 69 k Installing for dependencies: python3-libs x86_64 3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 ol7_latest 7.0 M python3-pip noarch 9.0.3-7.el7_8 ol7_latest 1.8 M python3-setuptools noarch 39.2.0-10.el7 ol7_latest 628 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages) Total download size: 9.4 M Installed size: 48 M Downloading packages: (1/4): python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 69 kB 00:00:00 (2/4): python3-libs-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 7.0 MB 00:00:00 (3/4): python3-pip-9.0.3-7.el7_8.noarch.rpm | 1.8 MB 00:00:00 (4/4): python3-setuptools-39.2.0-10.el7.noarch.rpm | 628 kB 00:00:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 9.6 MB/s | 9.4 MB 00:00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : python3-libs-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 1/4 Installing : python3-setuptools-39.2.0-10.el7.noarch 2/4 Installing : python3-pip-9.0.3-7.el7_8.noarch 3/4 Installing : python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 4/4 Verifying : python3-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 1/4 Verifying : python3-libs-3.6.8-13.0.1.el7.x86_64 2/4 Verifying : python3-setuptools-39.2.0-10.el7.noarch 3/4 Verifying : python3-pip-9.0.3-7.el7_8.noarch 4/4 Installed: python3.x86_64 0:3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 Dependency Installed: python3-libs.x86_64 0:3.6.8-13.0.1.el7 python3-pip.noarch 0:9.0.3-7.el7_8 python3-setuptools.noarch 0:39.2.0-10.el7 Complete! oraclelinux7]# oraclelinux7]# python --version Python 2.7.5 [root@localhost oracle]# python Python 2.7.5 (default, Nov 27 2019, 09:57:45) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39.0.1)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> quit Use quit() or Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit >>> oraclelinux7]# python3 Python 3.6.8 (default, Nov 27 2019, 14:21:59) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39.0.1)] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>
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