On 26/04/2019 18:42, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to try some beta software which assumes python3.7 is installed. > I have Debian 9.8 installed on a machine dedicated to this exercise. I > did a web search and got a half dozen on topic hits. There were enough > differences that I wasn't sure if I was missing something important. > The last time I compiled something was on a PDP 11/45 in approximately > 1975. > > Suggestions? > TIA > > If you're beta testing the application, you may need to beta-test the OS for it, too:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=python3.7 python3.7 is available in testing. Alternatively, if you want to be able to run python3.7 alongside your system python, why not run it in a docker? https://quay.io/repository/python-devs/ci-image
