Python in RHEL 8
Ten years ago, the developers of the Python programming language decided to clean things up and release a backwards-incompatible version, Python 3. They initially underestimated the impact of the changes, and the popularity of the language. Still, in the last decade, the vast majority of community projects has migrated to the new version, and major projects are now dropping support for Python 2.
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Python 3.6 is the default. But Python 2 remains available in RHEL 8.
Using Python in RHEL 8
To install Python, type yum install python3.
To run Python, type python3.
If that doesn’t work for you, or you need more details, read on!
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