Help Installing Python on Ubuntu
Solution 1:
To install python 2:
sudo apt install python
To install python 3:
sudo apt install python3
To see python version just start python
python
for python2
python3
for python3
You can also use:
python --version
or
python3 --version
To install the latest version, download it, unzip it and install primary versions of python (the one you want by default) with:
sudo make install
and install secondary versions with:
sudo make altinstall
You can also follow this answer: How do I install Python 3.6 using apt-get?