CentOS Stream 9 python 3.12 install

Current Python version

$ python --version

or

$ python -V

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost ~]$ python --version
Python 3.9.23

 

 

Install Python 3.12

$ sudo dnf install python3.12

or

$ sudo yum install python3.12

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install python3.12
마지막 메타자료 만료확인(1:01:20 이전): 2025년 09월 22일 (월) 오전 06시 39분 11초.
종속성이 해결되었습니다.
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 꾸러미                    구조        버전                저장소          크기
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설치 중:
 python3.12                x86_64      3.12.11-2.el9       appstream       27 k
종속 꾸러미 설치 중:
 libnsl2                   x86_64      2.0.0-1.el9         appstream       31 k
 mpdecimal                 x86_64      2.5.1-3.el9         appstream       86 k
 python3.12-libs           x86_64      3.12.11-2.el9       appstream      9.7 M
 python3.12-pip-wheel      noarch      23.2.1-5.el9        appstream      1.5 M

연결 요약
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설치  5 꾸러미

전체 내려받기 크기: 11 M
설치된 크기 : 44 M
진행할까요? [y/N]: y
꾸러미 내려받기 중:
(1/5): python3.12-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64.rpm       26 kB/s |  27 kB     00:01    
(2/5): libnsl2-2.0.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm            28 kB/s |  31 kB     00:01    
(3/5): mpdecimal-2.5.1-3.el9.x86_64.rpm          59 kB/s |  86 kB     00:01    
(4/5): python3.12-pip-wheel-23.2.1-5.el9.noarch 433 kB/s | 1.5 MB     00:03    
(5/5): python3.12-libs-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64.rpm 603 kB/s | 9.7 MB     00:16    
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합계                                            643 kB/s |  11 MB     00:18     
연결 확인 실행 중
연결 확인에 성공했습니다.
연결 시험 실행 중
연결 시험에 성공했습니다.
연결 실행 중
  준비 중     :                                                             1/1 
  설치 중     : python3.12-pip-wheel-23.2.1-5.el9.noarch                    1/5 
  설치 중     : mpdecimal-2.5.1-3.el9.x86_64                                2/5 
  설치 중     : libnsl2-2.0.0-1.el9.x86_64                                  3/5 
  설치 중     : python3.12-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64                             4/5 
  설치 중     : python3.12-libs-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64                        5/5 
  구현 중     : python3.12-libs-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64                        5/5 
  확인 중     : libnsl2-2.0.0-1.el9.x86_64                                  1/5 
  확인 중     : mpdecimal-2.5.1-3.el9.x86_64                                2/5 
  확인 중     : python3.12-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64                             3/5 
  확인 중     : python3.12-libs-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64                        4/5 
  확인 중     : python3.12-pip-wheel-23.2.1-5.el9.noarch                    5/5 

설치되었습니다:
  libnsl2-2.0.0-1.el9.x86_64               mpdecimal-2.5.1-3.el9.x86_64        
  python3.12-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64          python3.12-libs-3.12.11-2.el9.x86_64
  python3.12-pip-wheel-23.2.1-5.el9.noarch

완료되었습니다!

 

 

Move to /usr/bin directory and check Python executable file

$ cd /usr/bin

$ ls -al python*

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost ~]$ cd /usr/bin
[gangserver@localhost bin]$ ls -al python*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     9  8월 20 19:15 python -> ./python3
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     9  9월 22 07:39 python3 -> python3.9
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15448  8월 22 01:19 python3.12
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15440  8월 20 19:15 python3.9

 

 

python is linked to python3 and python3 is linked to python3.9 via symbolic links.

Change python3 symbolic link from python3.9 to python3.12

$ sudo ln -Tfs python3.12 python3

$ ls -al python*

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost bin]$ sudo ln -Tfs python3.12 python3
[sudo] gangserver의 암호: 
[gangserver@localhost bin]$ ls -al python*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     9  8월 20 19:15 python -> ./python3
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root    10  9월 22 07:42 python3 -> python3.12
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15448  8월 22 01:19 python3.12
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15440  8월 20 19:15 python3.9

 

 

Check Python version and Run Python

$ cd

$ python --version

$ python

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost bin]$ cd
[gangserver@localhost ~]$ python --version
Python 3.12.11
[gangserver@localhost ~]$ python
Python 3.12.11 (main, Aug 14 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.5.0 20240719 (Red Hat 11.5.0-11)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> exit()
[gangserver@localhost ~]$