Shell Script for installing Python 3.6.5 on Oracle Linux 6
Download the shell script to a location of your choice on your Oracle Linux 6 box. cd to said location, and run sudo chmod +s installpython3.sh. This will make the script run with sudo permissions After this, run the shell script by typing installpython3.sh
You may experience an error that looks like OpenSSL: error:1407742E:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert protocol version Unable to establish SSL connection.
To fix this, update wget with sudo yum install wget and run the script again.
Modified from this reference: https://dbaportal.eu/2011/07/12/python-3-2-1-on-oel-6-1/