# Python 3.6+

### Windows

On Windows 10, Before installing official python binaries, the Python version from Windows Store has to be disabled by following the next steps:

1. Run **manage app execution aliases**
2. Disable app installer for **python.exe** and manage app execution aliases

After this is done, the official binaries can be installed.

The official Python Windows binaries can be found on python.org website:

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For our setup, please download and install the latest stable windows installer package. Make sure to check the box "Add Python 3.x to PATH." on the first screen of the setup.

### macOS

The macOS binaries can be found on the python.org website:

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For our setup, please download and install the latest stable macOS universal2 installer.

### Linux

Depending on your distribution, Python 3.6+ might be already installed and part of the base setup. **Ubuntu 18.04** and **Debian 10** come with Python 3.6 and 3.7 respectively. **Ubuntu  20.04** comes with Python 3.8.

The following packages are required for the client to start: **python3** and **python3-pip**

Please check with the community developing your preferred distribution for proper way of upgrading Python to version 3.6+ if is not part of the base OS.