Some package will suits with some particular dependency packages. Here we have python 3.4.4, which required to some external software or environment, to compile a python code. This article explains how to install python 3.4.4 in Ubuntu.
Install Required Packages
Below commend help to install prerequisites for Python before installing it.
# sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
# sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev
Download Python 3.4.4
Download Python using following command from python site. You can also download latest version in place of specified below.
# cd /usr/src
# wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.4/Python-3.4.4.tgz
Now extract the downloaded package.
# sudo tar xzf Python-3.4.4.tgz
Compile Python Source
Use below set of commands to compile python source code on your system using altinstall.
# cd Python-3.4.4
# sudo ./configure
# sudo make altinstall
make altinstall is used to prevent replacing the default python binary file /usr/bin/python.
Check the Python Version
To verify python version use below commend.
# python3.4 -V
Python 3.4.4
