I use Ubuntu 16.04 at work, and the machine is managed by the IT department. (i.e. I cannot use sudo)
The other day I asked them to install different python version (3.7 and 3.8 specifically), but they were so concerned to destroy the system that I was told to use Anaconda.
But I thought packages, installed by apt, that uses python wouldn't be affected by merely installing different versions of Python via apt, as python
and python3
wouldn't point to different version.
Not having enough knowledge on Linux's package management, however, I am not sure my assumption is true.
Could anyone "prove" installing different python version won't interfere with the system?
make altinstall
. My thought is that apt provides safety that different versions of python can "co-exist", provided symlinks aren't changed and python was installed by nothing but apt. I would like to confirm that. – kh_0828 Feb 2 '20 at 22:31