Python Version

happy10319

Hi,

On Oracle Linux I had:

python -V

Python 2.6.6

I ran:

wget http://python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/Python-3.6.3.tar.xz

tar xf Python-3.6.3.tar.xz

cd Python-3.6.3

./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-shared LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath /usr/local/lib"

make && make altinstall

And I see:

[[email protected] ~]# ls /usr/local/lib

libpython3.6m.so  libpython3.6m.so.1.0  libpython3.so  pkgconfig  python3.6

[[email protected] ~]#

But I have always:

python -V

Python 2.6.6

Any idea?

Thanks.

Christopher Jones-Oracle

For Python and cx_Oracle packages, check out this landing page https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-python.html which shows how to install different versions of Python.

Andris Perkons-Oracle

What's the output of "type python"? Just because you place some software onto your system, does not mean that your system automatically finds it. You may have to modify your PATH or you may have to call your newly installed python with a fully qualified name (e.g. "/usr/local/bin/python -V").

Andris

happy10319

Thanks.

type python

python is /usr/bin/python

[[email protected] ~]# python3 --version

Python 3.6.0

Seems OK.

Christopher Jones-Oracle

For Python and cx_Oracle packages, check out this landing page https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-python.html which shows how to install different versions of Python.

happy10319

Thank you.