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Installing Python 3.4 from source

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I am running Xubuntu 13.10 i386 with the python (2.7) and python3 (3.3) packages installed. I have downloaded and compiled the source code for Python 3.4 but the binary file is named python. How can I install it as python34? Do I change the name of the binary file and do sudo make install?

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answered 3 Years ago eballxeye · Accepted Answer

Install primary versions of python with:

    sudo make install

and install secondary versions with:

    sudo make altinstall

For example, I do not have any Python installations on my system and I want to install 3 versions: 2.7, 3.3 and 3.4. I want to make 2.7 the primary installation (as python) and all the others as secondary (as python3.3 and python3.4) installations. I would install the primary with:

    sudo make install

and install both the other versions with:

    sudo make altinstall

The produced programs would be python (2.7), python3.3 (3.3) and python3.4 (3.4)

Information from README file in the Python 3.4 source code directory.