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Hi. Im new to Python and I need help upgrading the python version 2.6.5 to version 3.1.2. I'm running x64 Ubuntu. After I download and install the 3 version it does not overwrite or default itself as the new thing. I can't uninstall the 2 version because of dependencies on packages. I need the 3 version in order to follow the examples in my book on python. Please help.

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Currently, the default python in major linux distributions is python 2.6. If you installed python 3, you can probably invoke it with /usr/bin/python3 instead of /usr/bin/python. Make sure you install tkinter3 too (if you want to use idle for example). Don't try to remove or change your default python installation.

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Use Ubuntu's software installer. I run both on mine so...

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