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docs(fix): how to install Py. 3.8 on recent Ubuntu #3146

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Expand Up @@ -120,7 +120,15 @@ Installation as an Application: Downloading Releases

ScanCode app archives come with packaged with all required dependencies except
for Python that has to be downloaded and installed separately.

On more recent versions of Ubuntu, you will ll have to install Python 3.8 manually.
One possibility is to use the Deadsnakes PPA (Personal Package Archive) which is
a project that provides older Python version builds for Debian and Ubuntu and is
available at https://github.com/deadsnakes/ and https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa --yes
sudo apt-get install python3.8 python3.8-distutils


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