Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-15 Thread boB Stepp
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > > take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. > > https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv I just completed getting access to Python 3.6.6 using pyenv, so I guess I'll post my experience for future searchers. It was not totally painless, and I

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-15 Thread boB Stepp
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:30 PM Terry Carroll wrote: > That being said, if you do want to update to the latest version available > for Mint, this command should do it for you: > >sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade python3 > > If Mint doesn't have a vetted 3.6.6 yet, I would leave it alone.

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-15 Thread Terry Carroll
On Sat, 14 Jul 2018, boB Stepp wrote: Linux Mint 19 comes with Python 3.6.5 pre-installed But after much searching I cannot find an _easy_ way to do this upgrade. Unlike many distributions, Mint's philosophy is *not* to install most updates by default, on the "if it's not broken, don't

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-15 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 07/15/2018 12:38 AM, boB Stepp wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 11:52 PM boB Stepp wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:43 PM boB Stepp wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy.

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-15 Thread boB Stepp
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 1:38 AM boB Stepp wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 11:52 PM boB Stepp wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:43 PM boB Stepp wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > > > > > > > > take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. > >

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-15 Thread boB Stepp
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 11:52 PM boB Stepp wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:43 PM boB Stepp wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > > > > > > take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. > > > > > > https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv > > > > This does look

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread boB Stepp
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:43 PM boB Stepp wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > > > > take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. > > > > https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv > > This does look interesting. On the linked page, after installing and > configuring

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread boB Stepp
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > > take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. > > https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv This does look interesting. On the linked page, after installing and configuring pyenv, it says to install Python as follows giving a 2.7.8 example: $

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread boB Stepp
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:18 PM Jim wrote: > If you look you might find a PPA that has packaged it. I installed > python 3.6.5 (no help to you) on Mint 18 from here: > https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/python-3.6'. That is an interesting thought. My only concern is how does one

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread Mats Wichmann
take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv On July 14, 2018 7:17:52 PM MDT, Jim wrote: >On 07/14/2018 06:42 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: >> On 14/07/18 22:51, boB Stepp wrote: >> >>> Linux Mint 19 comes with Python 3.6.5 pre-installed. However, my >son

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread Jim
On 07/14/2018 06:42 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: On 14/07/18 22:51, boB Stepp wrote: Linux Mint 19 comes with Python 3.6.5 pre-installed. However, my son and I are working on a couple of things together, and decided to use the latest bugfix releases of Python 3.6 for them. I would not

Re: [Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 14/07/18 22:51, boB Stepp wrote: > Linux Mint 19 comes with Python 3.6.5 pre-installed. However, my son > and I are working on a couple of things together, and decided to use > the latest bugfix releases of Python 3.6 for them. I would not think > that upgrading from 3.6.5 to 3.6.6 would

[Tutor] Wish to upgrade Python 3.6.5 to Python 3.6.6 for Linux Mint 19

2018-07-14 Thread boB Stepp
I have finally taken the plunge and abandoned Windows for Linux Mint 19. I had been doing a dual-boot, but I found I spent most of my time where I was comfortable -- Windows 7 -- and mostly avoided my Linux installation. So I took my pacifier away and went for it! Linux Mint 19 comes with