Upgrade to python 3.8 using conda

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mcguip picture mcguip · Oct 26, 2019 · Viewed 108.9k times · Source

Python 3.8.0 is out, but I haven't been able to find any post on how to update to python 3.8 using conda - maybe they will wait for the official release? Any suggestions?

Answer

mcguip picture mcguip · Oct 26, 2019

You can update your python version to 3.8 in conda using the command 

conda install -c anaconda python=3.8

as per https://anaconda.org/anaconda/python. Though not all packages support 3.8 yet, running 

conda update --all

may resolve some dependency failures. You can also create a new environment called py38 using this command 

conda create -n py38 python=3.8

Edit - note that the conda install option will potentially take a while to solve the environment, and if you try to abort this midway through you will lose your Python installation (usually this means it will resort to non-conda pre-installed system Python installation).

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