On Oracle Linux 8 platform Python is 3.6 and it is exclusively intended for use by system utilities such as Yum and DNF. Additional versions of Python may be installed using Software Collection Library packages. Starting Oracle Linux 7.7, Python 3 is also available. For Oracle Linux 7, the Platform Python is 2.7, and isĪlways installed. The different Python versions available and the corresponding repository and RPM names are summarized in the tables below.Īs Python is an integral part of the Oracle Linux operating system, each release comes with a Platform Python version.

Oracle Linux yum server offers updates for Platform Python included with Oracle Linux as well as new versions of Python via the Software Collection Library (SCL) and AppStream Modules. There are several ways to get started with Python development on Oracle Linux.

Installing Python on Oracle Linux 8 via AppStream Modules.

Installing Python 3 from the Software Collection Library.

Installing Python 3 from Oracle Linux Latest Repo.

Looking at posts by others, I now see the 'like' button. Not that I wanted to like my own post but that just happened to be in view when I examined all of the buttons. Regarding the 'like' button, I didn't see it since the sample post that I happened to use was my own post. If there is some short code for the 'dictionary mapping' approach that you can post, or a link to a simple explanation, would appreciate that. There is 'like' button on right side at the bottom of post, next to quote buttons. repeatedly), or you lookup a bunch of parameters and feed it to some 'universal' function.īut if you are trying to replace some 'evil' sort of switch with lots of falling through / conditional breaks, then it could be problematic.

(Feb-24-2017, 10:11 PM)zivoni Wrote: Sometimes switch could be replaced with a lighter 'dictionary mapping' approach when you either find values directly in a dictionary (it could be better to 'prepopulate' dictionary with numbers 1-1000 instead of doing switch if x x*3, if x x*2, if.

Python 3.6