Let’s walk through how to get Python 3.6 installed on Raspbian Linux for Raspberry Pi.
I’m assuming you have a recent copy of Raspbian (Jessie) for your Raspberry Pi. If not, either run apt-get to update or download the latest iso.
As I write this, the current distro of Raspbian (Jessie) includes Python 3.4.2. I had a specific requirement for 3.6.0. Here’s what I did to get it installed. Note these instructions would also work for 3.6.1.
Pre-requisites
Open the terminal (command prompt) and run the following commands. These will install the pre-requisites
Download Python 3.6
Next step is to download from the Python site. Once you’ve downloaded it you will need to extract it (hence line 3)
Compile Python
Next we need to compile. This step will take a while.
We’re using make altinstall make to avoid having replacing the default python binary file in /usr/bin/python.
All done!
If you want to confirm Python 3.6 is installed, run python3.6 -V. It should respond with Python 3.6.0