Current version of Python on Linuxmint 19 is 2.7
![](https://smbah.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-from-2020-03-14-20-01-11.png)
First download Python tar from this link. At the time of writing this, l downloaded Python 3.8.2
Run the commands below in the extracted folder.
./configure –enable-optimizations
Result:
![](https://smbah.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-from-2020-03-14-19-57-24-1024x424.png)
Then run:
make
Result:
![](https://smbah.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-from-2020-03-14-20-01-31-1024x424.png)
Then run make test. This needs to succeed before the final step.
![](https://smbah.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-from-2020-03-14-20-08-44-1024x564.png)