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Adding Python 3.11 to `$PATH`

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I built Python 3.11 from source (from GitHub python/cpython branch "3.11").

Here is what I did (after downloading the repo as ZIP)

cd Downloads
7z x cpython-3.11.zip
cd cpython-3.11
chmod +x configure
./configure
make

Everything is okay, but I can run Python 3.11 only in the cpython-3.11 directory because it is not added to $PATH. And here is the problem.

What I tried :

  1. Rename the file ~/cpython-3.11/python to ~/cpython-3.11/python3.11
  2. Open the .bashrc file located in /home/[username]/
  3. Added that line of code at the end:
    export PATH="/home/hg/cpython-3.11/python3.11:$PATH
    
    (Note that my user name is hg, cf. HGStyle).

So I restarted my terminal and it does not work. Can someone help please ?

  • I tried to do the same thing on the .profile file but it still does not work.
  • I tried to remove the quote marks but it still does not work.
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4 comment threads

Not a good idea to manually manage Python in PATH (1 comment)
The line `export PATH="/home/hg/cpython-3.11/python3.11:$PATH` seems to be missing the closing `"`. D... (1 comment)
Do you want to replace your previous python with 3.11 or do you want to install it in addition to the... (1 comment)
It might be helpful if you would also mention your operating system. And this might be a stupid quest... (1 comment)
Do you want to replace your previous python with 3.11 or do you want to install it in addition to the...
samcarter‭ wrote over 1 year ago

Do you want to replace your previous python with 3.11 or do you want to install it in addition to the existing version?