Upgrade Python to latest version on Ubuntu Linux

  1. First, update your system by running
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt update
  1. Check if Python 3.12 is available by running
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apt list | grep python3.12
  1. Install Python 3.12
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sudo apt install python3.12
  1. Run Python 3.12
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python3.12 --version

The right way to run Python 3.12 On Linux Desktops is by using a virtual environment.
E.g. you can create a new virtual environment by running

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python3.12 -m venv env

and activate it by running

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source env/bin/activate

Now you can run python --version and you should see the latest version of Python as the output.

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