Rocky Linux 9 (9.5) Python 3.13 version install

Current Python version

$ python --version

or

$ python -V

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost ~]$ python --version
Python 3.9.21

 

 

Install Python 3.13

$ sudo dnf install python3.13

or

$ sudo yum install python3.13

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install python3.13
[sudo] gangserver의 암호: 
마지막 메타자료 만료확인(0:10:32 이전): 2025년 08월 17일 (일) 오후 01시 04분 30초.
종속성이 해결되었습니다.
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 꾸러미                     구조         버전                  저장소      크기
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설치 중:
 python3.13                 x86_64       3.13.5-4.el9          epel        30 k
종속 꾸러미 설치 중:
 python3.13-libs            x86_64       3.13.5-4.el9          epel       9.3 M
 python3.13-pip-wheel       noarch       25.1.1-1.el9          epel       1.2 M

연결 요약
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설치  3 꾸러미

전체 내려받기 크기: 11 M
설치된 크기 : 43 M
진행할까요? [y/N]: y
꾸러미 내려받기 중:
(1/3): python3.13-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64.rpm       251 kB/s |  30 kB     00:00    
(2/3): python3.13-pip-wheel-25.1.1-1.el9.noarch 3.0 MB/s | 1.2 MB     00:00    
(3/3): python3.13-libs-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64.rpm  5.0 MB/s | 9.3 MB     00:01    
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합계                                            3.7 MB/s |  11 MB     00:02     
연결 확인 실행 중
연결 확인에 성공했습니다.
연결 시험 실행 중
연결 시험에 성공했습니다.
연결 실행 중
  준비 중     :                                                             1/1 
  설치 중     : python3.13-pip-wheel-25.1.1-1.el9.noarch                    1/3 
  설치 중     : python3.13-libs-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64                         2/3 
  설치 중     : python3.13-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64                              3/3 
  구현 중     : python3.13-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64                              3/3 
  확인 중     : python3.13-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64                              1/3 
  확인 중     : python3.13-libs-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64                         2/3 
  확인 중     : python3.13-pip-wheel-25.1.1-1.el9.noarch                    3/3 

설치되었습니다:
  python3.13-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64            python3.13-libs-3.13.5-4.el9.x86_64 
  python3.13-pip-wheel-25.1.1-1.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  7월  2 09:44 python -> ./python3
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     9  7월  2 09:44 python3 -> python3.9
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15448  7월 29 21:12 python3.13
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15448  7월  2 09:44 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 python3.13

$ sudo ln -Tfs python3.13 python3

$ ls -al python*

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost bin]$ sudo ln -Tfs python3.13 python3
[sudo] gangserver의 암호: 
[gangserver@localhost bin]$ ls -al python*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root     9  7월  2 09:44 python -> ./python3
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root    10  8월 17 13:20 python3 -> python3.13
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15448  7월 29 21:12 python3.13
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 15448  7월  2 09:44 python3.9

 

 

Check Python version and Run Python

$ cd

$ python --version

$ python

 

[ Execution Log ]

[gangserver@localhost bin]$ cd
[gangserver@localhost ~]$ python --version
Python 3.13.5
[gangserver@localhost ~]$ python
Python 3.13.5 (main, Jul 28 2025, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.5.0 20240719 (Red Hat 11.5.0-5)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> exit()
[gangserver@localhost ~]$