Will apt installation of Python 3.10 break the 3.8 version?

Milano

4/11/23, 1:27 PM

Can I install Python 3.10 on Ubuntu 20.04 using apt without worrying that it breaks the Python 3.8?

I use Python 3.8 in many projects.

I'd run this:

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

EDIT:

Going to use Python 3.10 in virtualenv only.

508

0 + 0

python

command-line

ppa

20.04

Score:5

Ubuntu

karel

4/11/23, 1:40 PM

The virtualenv utility creates virtual Python instances, each invokable with its own Python executable. Using Python 3.10 in a virtualenv environment will not have any effect on the Python version that is used by default outside the Python virtual environment (Python 3.8 in Ubuntu 20.04).

0 + 0

Milano

4/11/23, 2:19 PM

Thanks, Karel, I was rather curious if the installation itself `sudo apt install python3.10` won't break the existing version but I guess you implicitly says that it's ok to install it alongside the 3.8 version using `apt`.

karel

4/11/23, 2:21 PM

You can also create multiple virtual Python instances, each instance with its own unique Python executable.

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Will apt installation of Python 3.10 break the 3.8 version?

TH: การติดตั้ง apt ของ Python 3.10 จะทำลายเวอร์ชัน 3.8 หรือไม่

RO: Instalarea adecvată a Python 3.10 va rupe versiunea 3.8?

RU: Сломает ли удачная установка Python 3.10 версию 3.8?

VI: Việc cài đặt apt của Python 3.10 có phá vỡ phiên bản 3.8 không?

Post an answer

Most people don’t grasp that asking a lot of questions unlocks learning and improves interpersonal bonding. In Alison’s studies, for example, though people could accurately recall how many questions had been asked in their conversations, they didn’t intuit the link between questions and liking. Across four studies, in which participants were engaged in conversations themselves or read transcripts of others’ conversations, people tended not to realize that question asking would influence—or had influenced—the level of amity between the conversationalists.