Verify/Install Python 3.8

Python 3.8 (or newer) Verification

The Scratch 3 OneGPIO extension servers utilize the latest advances in the Python 3 asyncio library. Python 3.8 or later is required to run the servers.

To check if you have Python 3.8 (or newer) installed, open a command window and type:

python3 -V

For Windows, you may need to type:

python -V

The Python version is displayed in the command window.

Installing The Latest Version of Python 3

Always install the newest stable release of Python 3.

Windows Users

To install Python 3.8 (or newer), go to the Python home page, and download the latest 3.8 (or later) distribution for your operating system.

If you have Python 2.7 installed, you do not need to remove it.

If there is a checkbox to add Python 3.8 to your path during the installation process, make sure it is checked.

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Mac Users

Go to the python.org download page for Mac and download and install the latest version of Python 3.

Linux Users

If Python 3.8 is not included with your distribution, you may install it and have it coexist with the supplied version using the pyenv utility.