Question
Unable to install pyhton 3.7 version on ubuntu 16.04 error Couldn't find any package by regex 'python3.7
- Posted September 11, 2019
- Python
I have installed python 3 through this command
sudo apt-get install python3
and when checked the version using python3 -V
it was python 3.5.2
I wanted to install python version 3.7, and when tried the following
sudo apt-get install python3.7
I got he following error
E: Unable to locate package python3.7 E: Couldn’t find any package by glob ‘python3.7’ E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘python3.7’
any help will be highly appreciated, many thanks, Hayat
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Hello,
Have you tried running python3.7 --version instead of only python3?
If this still does not work what I would suggest is following these steps here:
- Run a quick update and install the following package:
apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
- Add the following to your source list:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
Note: In case that you get prompted just press Enter to continue
- After that install Python 3.7 with the command that you’ve specified in your question:
sudo apt install python3.7
Then again test this with:
python3.7 --version
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby
