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Install Python 2.6, 2.5, 3.3 in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 via PPA

Last updated: August 25, 2013

This tutorial shows how to install older & newer versions of python in Ubuntu. Felix Krull has created a PPA that contains multiple python versions:

  • python 2.4.6 for Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04
  • python 2.5.6 for Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04
  • python 2.6.8 for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10
  • python 2.7 for Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10
  • python 3.1 for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 11.10
  • python 3.2 for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 10.04
  • python 3.3 for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 10.04

To add the ppa, run below command in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes

Then update package lists:

sudo apt-get update

To install python 2.4 in Ubuntu 12.04, etc. run below command:

sudo apt-get install python2.4

To install python 2.5 in Ubuntu 12.04, etc. run:

sudo apt-get install python2.5

To install python 2.6 in Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, run:

sudo apt-get install python2.6

To install python 2.7 in Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10

sudo apt-get install python2.7

To install Python 3.2 in Ubuntu 12.04:

sudo apt-get install python3.2

To install Python 3.3 in Ubuntu 12.04:

sudo apt-get install python3.3
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    4 responses to Install Python 2.6, 2.5, 3.3 in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 via PPA

    1. kernelkiddy October 15, 2013 at 4:01 am

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes on Ubuntu server 12.04 gives “command not found” error.
      You have to run two more command before to install this utilty:
      sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
      sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

    2. Dennis Araya Bustamante January 16, 2014 at 2:20 pm

      Finally it works (sudo apt-get install) turned through the first 2 lines, thanks a lot

    3. Andrew October 6, 2014 at 10:53 pm

      After this, you need to ‘unlink /usr/bin/python’ and then ‘ln -s /usr/bin/python” …or at least that’s what I figured out. I’m a big of a linux noob, just posting this in case other noobs don’t get this.

      • Sean August 19, 2015 at 6:46 pm

        Andrew i did unlink /usr/bin/python and
        then ln -s /usr/bin/python as you recommended but I guess this is not the complete script as my system can no longer find the path to python!!!!