I need to install python 3.8.10 in a container running ubuntu 16.04.
16.04 has no support anymore, so I need a way to install it there manually.
I need to install python 3.8.10 in a container running ubuntu 16.04.
16.04 has no support anymore, so I need a way to install it there manually.
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Add the following to your dockerfile, and change the python version as needed.
When the docker is up, python3.8
will be available in /usr/local/bin/python3.8
# compile python from source - avoid unsupported library problems
RUN apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && \
apt-get install -y wget build-essential checkinstall libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev libffi-dev zlib1g-dev && \
cd /usr/src && \
sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.10/Python-3.8.10.tgz && \
sudo tar xzf Python-3.8.10.tgz && \
cd Python-3.8.10 && \
sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations && \
sudo make altinstall
Please note the following (standard [and quicker] way of installing) does not work for old ubuntu versions, due to end of support
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
apt-get update && \
apt install -y python3.8
See also this to install into /usr/bin