Upgrade Python 3.10 to 3.11 on Ubuntu 22.04

upgrade_python_3.10_to_3.11.md

Check python version use python and python3

The first comman will Not show version info.

The second one show 3.10 as version as it is provided by ubuntu as default

python --version
python3 --version

Add additional repository to download python 3.11

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

This might take more than few minutes

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Install python 3.11

sudo apt-get install python3.11

python3 shows 3.10 and python3.11 shows 3.11 as version

python3 --version
python3.11 --version

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.10 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.11 2

sudo update-alternatives --config python3

choose 2 for python 3.11

3.11 will be shown as version

python3 --version

sudo apt install python-is-python3
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

3.11 will be shown as version

python --version

thanks!

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