# install requirements
yum install gcc openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel
# Download python version
cd /usr/src
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.13/Python-3.7.13.tgz
# extract package
tar xzf Python-3.7.11.tgz
# Install Python
cd Python-3.7.11
./configure --enable-optimizations
make altinstall # Used to prevent replacing the default python binary file /usr/bin/python.
rm /usr/src/Python-3.7.11.tgz