$ yum install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel $ yum install libffi-devel $ cd /usr/src $ wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.2/Python-3.7.2.tgz $ tar xzf Python-3.7.2.tgz $ cd Python-3.7.2 $ ./configure --enable-optimizations $ make altinstall $ rm /usr/src/Python-3.7.2.tgz Running the following command will confirm the installation of python 3.7: $ python3.7 -V Python 3.7.2 Typing python3.7 will give you access: # python3.7 Python 3.7.2 (default, Mar 6 2019, 06:59:38) [GCC 7.2.1 20170915 (Red Hat 7.2.1-2)] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>
The following commands were issued to remove the old symbolic link, create a new one and test it: $ sudo rm /usr/bin/python $ sudo ln -s /usr/src/Python-3.7.2/python /usr/bin/python $ python -V After these commands python 3.7.2 is now the default python version used by the system.