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I see that Python recently upgraded their 3.7 and 3.8 version of the language, but they only offer the .tgz and the .tar.xz files, not the executable installer. How can I upgrade to these versions? I tried what was said here without any success. But the question was asked 5 years ago so I am thinking that things have changed since then.

Bogdan Doicin
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  • The article you linked as about installing python _packages_ from source, not Python itself. Check out [How to Build Python From Source Code](https://realpython.com/installing-python/#how-to-build-python-from-source-code) instead to see how to build Python in Linux distributions for which no package with binaries is available. – CherryDT Jul 03 '21 at 12:18
  • Hm I see in your tags you mentioned `windows`. Now I'm confused, for Windows there is an installer and even an app in the Microsoft store, see [How to Install Python on Windows](https://realpython.com/installing-python/#how-to-install-python-on-windows). Can you explain why you think there is only a source code tarball available? Where did you get this information? – CherryDT Jul 03 '21 at 12:20
  • @CherryDT About the tarball, I got the information from here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3811/ I put the windows tag because I don't use Python for Unix or Linux – Bogdan Doicin Jul 03 '21 at 12:24
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    Oh now I understand what you mean, you are talking about 3.8.**11** in particular. To quote the page: "Python 3.8 isn't receiving regular bugfixes anymore, and binary installers are no longer provided for it. Python 3.8.10 was the last full bugfix release of Python 3.8 with binary installers." - Meaning if you want binaries, either install 3.8.10 or the recommended version from the 3.9.x branch. If you need to use 3.8.11, check out the [build instructions for Windows](https://devguide.python.org/setup/#windows). – CherryDT Jul 03 '21 at 12:28
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    See also the [CPython readme](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/PCbuild/readme.txt#L57) – CherryDT Jul 03 '21 at 12:30
  • Thanks. Yes, it is for 3.8.11, but I phrased the question to generalize for all the versions. – Bogdan Doicin Jul 03 '21 at 13:11
  • But other versions don't have this exception. 3.8.10 (which was launched before 3.8.x's end-of-life) has a regular installer: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3810/ – CherryDT Jul 03 '21 at 13:14
  • 3.7.11 also has it – Bogdan Doicin Jul 03 '21 at 13:14
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    ..... OK I see now - I misread the question. I read it as "they updated 3.7 **to** 3.8" for some reason, so I thought it's about upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8 and not about upgrading from 3.7.10 to 3.7.11 and 3.8.10 to 3.8.11 - my mistake. It all makes more sense now! – CherryDT Jul 03 '21 at 13:16

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You can use the below method:

conda create --name project-env python=3.x

You can also look at an alternative method to install python versions Install python version

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