Skip to content

Commit 7d23ed7

Browse files
committed
docs(fix): how to install Py. 3.8 on recent Ubuntu
In relation to #2942 (comment) Signed-off-by: Camille Moulin <cmoulin@inno3.fr>
1 parent a410f6e commit 7d23ed7

File tree

1 file changed

+3
-0
lines changed

1 file changed

+3
-0
lines changed

docs/source/getting-started/install.rst

Lines changed: 3 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ Installation as an Application: Downloading Releases
120120

121121
ScanCode app archives come with packaged with all required dependencies except
122122
for Python that has to be downloaded and installed separately.
123+
On more recent versions of Ubuntu, you'll have to install Python 3.8 manually.
124+
One possibility to do so is to use Deadsnakes' PPA:
125+
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y && sudo apt install python3.8 python3.8-distutils
123126

124127

125128

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)