title: Ubuntu 16.04 Python3.6 installation
body: <p>I started using a computer at work that has Ubuntu 16.04 installed. Initially, Python3.6.8 was set as the version that was used if I entered the command 'python3' at the terminal. I updated Ubuntu using 'sudo apt-get update', installed miniconda and used the 'sudo apt-get autoremove' command. I followed the mini-tutorial on the anaconda website and one of the commands resulted in a warning about the pip version being old so I upgraded it inside a conda environment.</p>
  <p>I noticed at some point that this error was occurring whenever I entered 'python3' at the commandline:</p>
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  <p>But as you can see, the default 3.5.2 version is there, but for some reason the 3.6.8 version doesn't seem to be there. These are the symlinks in /usr/bin and /etc/alternatives:
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  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/mghv6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/mghv6.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>Is it safe for me to simply install Python3.6 using 'sudo apt-get install python3.6' and then the symlink will work correctly?</p>
  <p>Thanks, any help appreciated.</p>