How to install Python 3 on AWS Linux RHEL Free Tier?

Question

When I try to install, it says that 2.7 is already installed. I want Python 3. How to install that?

I tried using python3, cannot find package:

See [How do I install Python3 on an AWS EC2 instance?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27669927/how-do-i-install-python3-on-an-aws-ec2-instance) — dmulter, Jul 03 '18 at 21:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 20:47

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Python 3 is a different package:

sudo yum install python3

answered Jul 03 '18 at 20:47

ritlew

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it looks like you need a subversion as well... Try `sudo yum install python36` – ritlew Jul 03 '18 at 21:25

Riya John · Answer 2 · 2019-09-12T09:36:36.420

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Check your RHEL release version using

$lsb_release -a

Then depending on your OS version follow answers in Installing Python 3 on RHEL for installation

edited Sep 12 '19 at 09:36

answered Sep 04 '19 at 15:05

Riya John

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 03 '20 at 07:09

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Here is the one command to install python3 on Amazon linux 2:

$sudo yum install python3 -y

Python 3.7.6

answered Aug 03 '20 at 07:09

Pruthvi Chitrala