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Just sharing this, I was doing my routine this morning with a couple new VMs and was thinking how much I like building my Python environments from source.<p>Just wanted to share for anyone and show that it has certainly gotten easier over the years (though this year Ubuntu 26.04 did add a new step).
Hey, I've done this before. It wasn't until <i>after</i> I went through that process that I learned about the Deadsnakes PPA.<p>You can add this PPA (personal package archive) to your Ubuntu install. Then you can use apt to do the install of the newer version.<p><a href="https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa</a><p>Just another alternative method, and potentially easier/faster.
Yes! I used to use deadsnakes before as well. This is just my flow that I enjoy doing the most and wanted to share. The deadsnakes flow is less steps and you get the benefit of updates. So it's probably even better for most people.<p>I just like the flow where I know which version I'm on, and exactly the steps I took to get there. =D