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Ubuntu

How do I upgrade my python installation, and pip?

birgersp

3/15/23, 9:51 AM

On my Ubuntu server, Python 3.8 and 2-something is installed.

I want to upgrade to Python 3.10, and I installed it from a ppa. But 3.8 is still installed, and pip --version shows pip 20.0.2 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.8)

I tried running a script with this command: python3.10 myscript.py but this fails because this script is using the websockets package. If I run pip install websockets it says that it is already installed. But it isn't installed for Python 3.10, only 3.8.

So in short: How do I upgrade to Python and pip to version 3.10?

EDIT: these are the commands I used to upgrade Python to 3.10

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.10

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Nmath

3/15/23, 10:15 AM

Several Ubuntu packages rely on python. If you change the installed version, you can break your system. Instead, set up a python environment that will not mess up your entire Ubuntu installation

ozcnakd

3/15/23, 10:28 AM

I agree with @Nmath . Creating virtualenv is safer option.

birgersp

3/15/23, 1:42 PM

Appreciate the advice. This is what I ended up doing, and using an updated version if Python in a virtual env solved the issue I had. Thank you!

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Ubuntu

ozcnakd

3/15/23, 10:13 AM

There is two options

Changing ubuntu's python3:

sudo mv /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3_backup & sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3.10 /usr/bin/python3
Creating a virtualenv and use that env python3.10 -m venv venv_folder source venv_folder/bin/activate pip .. python ..

After finished your job with this env, you can just type deactivate and venv will close.

Second method is a workaround solution.

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birgersp

3/15/23, 1:44 PM

Your answer solved my initial issue, but it doesn't really answer my SO question. Best I can give you is an upvote. Thank you though!

ozcnakd

3/15/23, 1:56 PM

Can you try python3.10 -m pip install websockets ? I will also try something else after that, i'll edit this comment.

birgersp

3/15/23, 2:05 PM

`python3.10 -m pip install websockets` gave me `ImportError: cannot import name 'html5lib' from 'pip._vendor' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py)`

ozcnakd

3/15/23, 2:23 PM

@birgersp I found a solution. Changing name or deleting /usr/bin/python3 and creating symlink to python3.10 updates pip's python. sudo mv /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3_backup & sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3.10 /usr/bin/python3 If it's work for you, i can change my answer.

birgersp

3/15/23, 2:28 PM

Seems to be working!

ozcnakd

3/15/23, 3:05 PM

Ok super, i edited answer.