How do I update Python 3.5 to Python 3.7.4?

[Raccoon_JS]

I want toupgrade Python3 to the latest release. How am I suppose to do it manually in MX Linux even though I typed "sudo apt upgrade python3" and gave me "python3 is already the newest version (3.5.3-1)".

[teddyk67]

Python 3.7.2 is in the MX Test repo. Use MX Package Installer to install.

[Toasted-Bagel]

Thank you, this was also helpful to me.

I tried to make install it and ran into all kinds of errors so Im glad there is a mx package

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zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available
Makefile:1132: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 1

[teddyk67]

Install zlib1g-dev.

EDIT: When I installed 3.7.2 from the test repo, I had to change 2 linked files in /usr/bin to point to the correct version because the original linked files pointed to 3.5.3.