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How to install python 3 in Ubuntu 16.04 / LIve USB

The following guide will help you get started with installing python3 and pip3 on your linux( Ubuntu 16.04 ) live USB.

 1. First install python 3 from the "deadsnakes" repository from the Python Package Accesories ( PPA )
  • $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get install python3.6
This will install both python 3.5.2 and python 2.7.2 on your machine. Verify the installation by running python3 --version or python --version on the linux command line.

 2. Next up, install pip3 package manager that will allow you to install other useful python libraries such as numpy,seabon ,pandas etc.
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
  • $ sudo easy_install3 pip 
Once again, verify the installation by running pip3 --version on the command line.
3. You can now use pip3 to install non-core python libraries as follows
  •  $ sudo pip3 install jupyter
  •  $ sudo pip3 numpy etc.
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