Modern Python developers use virtual environments (venvs), to keep their projects and dependencies separate. Managing project dependencies gets more complex as the number of dependencies grows.

Credit: Ian Noble; Modified by IDG Comm. Did you know that you can ask your Linux system to tell you what upgrades are available for the packages installed on it? You might be surprised by how many ...

This will download an installer, and when you run that file, you’ll be taken through the next steps. Seeing as you want to know how to update Python, chances are high you already have an older version ...