Python3 command not calling Python3.8

Question

I have an EC2 Instance. I want Python3.8 on the server so I installed it but it gets installed in /usr/local/bin . So I tried to add it to the path following this question then also I am not being able to get Python3.8 when python3 is called instead it goes for Python3.7 which is default in the machine. How to solve this?

Answer 1

I'd go with update-alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3.8

This should be enough if your system uses python 3 as a default version (to check that type python --version )