google cloud compute engine change to python 3.6

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I am a running a python script where I train CNN on my laptop and now want to run it on google cloud. The script imports tensorflow and keras, for which I need Python 3.6

The steps I followed were:

Go to compute engine and create a virtual machine with 8cpus
I ssh into the virtual machine, and I see that the python version is 2.7

How can I change the python version to 3.6 so I can install keras, and then to be able to run my python script?

Many thanks for your help

Try `python3`, and use `pip3` to install packages for Python3. — Deqing, Nov 14 '17 at 11:31
If there is no Python3 in your VM, install it. If you'd like the command `python` to use Python3, google `virtualenv` — Deqing, Nov 15 '17 at 11:35
I have python3 installed but its 3.5.3. I can't seem to get it to upgrade to 3.6. Tried sudo apt-get install python3.6 but didn't do anything. — pldenc44, Sep 11 '18 at 07:48
This link has an answer that worked for me: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44399762/how-do-i-install-python-3-on-google-cloud-console — Quintin Sheridan, Oct 18 '18 at 01:08
This link worked for me https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44399762/how-do-i-install-python-3-on-google-cloud-console — Quintin Sheridan, Oct 18 '18 at 01:10

Bourne · Answer 1 · 2018-07-20T02:32:31.790

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I had the same problem. By preference, I cd'ed into /tmp: cd /tmp, but from there, I followed these steps in the VM terminal:

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/Python-3.6.3.tgz
tar -xvf Python-3.6.3.tgz
cd Python-3.6.3
./configure
sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
sudo make
sudo make install
python3 -V

If it works, the last one should print out: Python 3.6.3

If it doesn't work, then you have something different about your environment that is preventing it. This is starting from a clean VM environment. But hopefully this works out for you!

edited Jul 20 '18 at 02:32

answered Jul 12 '18 at 19:19

Bourne

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I had to install a C compiler and make also: `apt install gcc make` – Gerard May 20 '19 at 15:17
this installation works well for python3.6 install but fails while installation of packages in pip3.6 with SSL error – BrB Dec 18 '19 at 19:21
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@BrB You have to make sure SSL libraries are installed (```sudo apt-get install libssl-dev```) prior to compiling python3.6 (also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/54250324/1134841) – Samuel Blattner Feb 04 '20 at 08:21

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '20 at 14:29

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You can install it by using:

sudo apt-get -y -qq install python3

Check this using:

python3 --version

answered Sep 13 '20 at 14:29

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