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
Try the pip python repositories https://docs.python.org/3/installing/index.html#install-pip-in-versions-of-python-prior-to-python-3-4 I recall I used it with ansible on debian with 2.7 where I needed python3. I am not sure it will give you exactly what you need, but may be it would.