==== Python Alternative Upgrade Notes ====

Python 3.11 on Rocky Linux 9:

Follow [[https://www.centlinux.com/2022/06/how-to-install-python-310-on-rocky-linux.html|General Python 3.10 steps]]

For python 3.11, use https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.1/Python-3.11.1.tar.xz

If you get an error (at stage XXX) then check the permissions inside /opt/Python-3.11.1 directory and chown -R root:root then try again.

After installed, set a sym link in /usr/local/bin/python3.11 to /usr/local/bin/python

Look at using [[python_virtual_environments|Python Virtual Environments]] to use the new python installation.

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[[https://netslovers.com/post/installing-python-linux-centos-stream/|Netslovers]]

[[https://tecadmin.net/install-python-3-9-on-centos-8/|TecAdmin]]

[[https://computingforgeeks.com/install-latest-python-on-centos-linux/|Computing For Geeks]]

Python 3.10.4 on test VM:

[[https://linuxstans.com/how-to-install-python-centos/|Linux Stans]] with [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69539286/how-to-compile-python3-on-rhel-with-ssl-ssl-cannot-be-imported|openssl11 notes]]

  yum -y install openssl11 openssl11-devel
  mkdir /usr/local/openssl11
  cd /usr/local/openssl11
  ln -s /usr/lib64/openssl11 lib
  ln -s /usr/include/openssl11 include
  ./configure --enable-optimizations --with-openssl=/usr/local/openssl11
  python3.10 -m pip list