Details of what follow may be inaccurate…
A few years ago, I was running Linux on my laptop and I wanted to upgrade my python installation, or maybe it was pip that I wanted to update. In any case, I ran a built-in update command and that TOTALLY BORKED my entire system, or at least everything that had anything to do with Python. I hopped into an IRC chat and asked and was basically told I was an idiot for using the built-in updater instead of using whatever the OS wanted to use to update it.
So, what is the safest way for me to update Python? I think it is currently configured as it is installed. I see in /usr/bin/python the only versions available are 2.7 and 3.6. I have an application I want to update on the Rockstor server, but updating it any further than it currently is updated requires Python 3.7 or later.
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