Upgrade to Python 3.6.x with new All-In-One installation

[onlize]

With the release of the new Raspbian Stretch, they suggest that clean install would be better.

Because of this, I think I will reinstall HA.I will do All-In-One installation. Is there a way to implement Python 3.6.x with this new installation? If not, how to upgrade the Python on a new installation?

[gpbenton (Graham)]

I believe this was all covered here

Python 3.6 upgrade of a virtualenv

Everyone has been telling us the 3.6 upgrade for python is going to be required soon. I started running into some errors with some other things because I hadn’t upgraded, so I went ahead and figured I would spend the weekend making this work. Luckily so far, its been relatively painless. Basically there isn’t a good way to upgrade a python virtualenv. You really just have to blow the old one away and start over. But before you have a heart attack, that’s not to say you are blowing away your…

[onlize]

Thank you for your reply, I saw this post. Some people complain that something does not work and I hoped that maybe there is a way to install it with 3.6 right away.

[onlize]

Actually, I was able to do it. I removed 3.5 Python installation, installed Python 3.6.2 and, after that, installed All-In-One Home Assistant. When I check, HA uses Python 3.6.2.