Install python 3.6 on CentOS 7

CentOS 7 come with Python 2.7. To install python 3.6, first install the EPEL repo.

yum install epel-repo -y

Install IUS repo.

https://ius.io/setup

For CentOS 7, run

rpm -ivh https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm

Now you can install Python 3.6 with yum

yum install python36u python36u-pip -y

Python 3.6 binary will be available as “python3.6” and “pip3.6”