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Python 2.7.16 not available on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Asked by Simon

Hi,

Running on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS I can't install via apt python 2.7.16 which has a few security fixes.

As it's latest LTS I would have thought that security updates would be available.

Is python 2.7.16 planned to be available?
If so, is there any ETA?

Thank you very much,
Simon

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Manfred Hampl suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #3037: “no rolling release”.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

There are some PPAs, e.g. https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/python-2.7
If you urgently need 2.7.16, then you could try a version form a PPA.
Remark: Important security fixes are backported also to the older versions in Ubuntu.

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Simon (simonweil) said : 		#3

I see, thank you.