# Uninstall Python - Make sure before going for it If you are not sure, keep the existing version of Python installed on your system since we can install multiple versions of Python on the same system. Make sure before removing existing Python 2.7 and Python 3.6 since several other packages and programs depend on it. Optionally, you may wish to remove Python completely before moving ahead with the next sections using the commands as shown below. You can continue with the next sections to install the most recent version of Python either using the PPA or build from source. We can see that Python 2.7 and Python 3.6 get installed using the Ubuntu repositories which seems outdated as compared to the most recent version of Python i.e. We can install the Python using the package available at the Ubuntu repositories using the commands as shown below. You might also be interested in Python Cheatsheet to learn or brush up the basics of Python. The steps should be the same for other distributions of Linux. It provides the steps for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In this tutorial, we will discuss all the steps required to install Python 3 i.e Python 3.8 on the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu.

It soon entered into mainstream programming and majorly popular in data science engineers. Python is one of the major programming languages used to develop different types of applications including Web Applications, Desktop Applications, Numeric and Scientific Applications, etc.

Installing python 3.8