For some reason sudo apt install python3.6 doesn't install anything, even after updating and adding repos from which it should pull from.
$ sudo apt install python3.6
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'python3.6-2to3' for regex 'python3.6'
Note, selecting 'libpython3.6-stdlib' for regex 'python3.6'
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 49 not upgraded.1 Answer
It turns out most people expect you to install via apt, so finding alternative methods of installing python weren't the easiest so I'll document different methods here
Method 1
The first method that worked for a friend running the same distro as me (pop_os) was to escape the period in the apt install command
sudo apt install python3\.6Method 2
Second method is installing directly without an installation tool
# Install dependancies
$ sudo apt install build-essential checkinstall
$ sudo apt install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev
# Retrieve and unzip package
$ wget
$ tar xvf Python-3.6.0.tar.xz
# Make
$ cd Python-3.6.0/
$ ./configure
$ sudo make altinstallIf you run into any issue makeing, try installing zlib1g via sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev
