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Version: v1.1

Install Python - Linux

Supported operating systems

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Other OS versions might work but haven't been tested.

Download Python​

Python 3.8+ has to be installed on your system is required. Usually it's present on your linux distribution. If not, refer to the official python documentation.

Install Python​

Install Python libraries​

Run the following command from the privileged user in a terminal window to install all required system packages:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y libnss3-tools ca-certificates
Example output

→ ~ sudo apt install -y libnss3-tools ca-certificates
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
ca-certificates is already the newest version (20240203).
The following additional packages will be installed:
libnspr4 libnss3
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libnspr4 libnss3 libnss3-tools
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2178 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6565 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 libnspr4 amd64 2:4.35-1.1build1 [117 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 libnss3 amd64 2:3.98-1build1 [1445 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 libnss3-tools amd64 2:3.98-1build1 [615 kB]
Fetched 2178 kB in 2s (1368 kB/s)
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Selecting previously unselected package libnspr4:amd64.
(Reading database ... 22557 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnspr4_2%3a4.35-1.1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnspr4:amd64 (2:4.35-1.1build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libnss3:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libnss3_2%3a3.98-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnss3:amd64 (2:3.98-1build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libnss3-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../libnss3-tools_2%3a3.98-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnss3-tools (2:3.98-1build1) ...
Setting up libnspr4:amd64 (2:4.35-1.1build1) ...
Setting up libnss3:amd64 (2:3.98-1build1) ...
Setting up libnss3-tools (2:3.98-1build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.4) ...
→ ~

Prepare Python environment​

Create Python virtual environment​

Run below command.

python3 -m venv ~/.aos/venv
Example output

→ ~ python3 -m venv ~/.aos/venv
→ ~

Verify​

Run below command to confirm the installed Python version is 3.8 or later in this virtual environment (venv).

~/.aos/venv/bin/python3 -V