# What Python version?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-python-version/4141>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-python-version/4141 "2020-04-24T18:36:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adolfo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/adolfo/32/1961_2.png) [@Adolfo](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Adolfo)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-python-version/4141/1 "2020-04-24T18:36:45Z")

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Hi:-)  
Installed Jupyter on Ubuntu Linux. looking on my linux intalation found that it came with Python 2.7 but the latest is 3.8. I don’t know if Jupyter caught up to 3.8 or should I use a lower Python 3x version.

Any help will be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![jasongrout](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/jasongrout/32/371_2.png) [@jasongrout](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/jasongrout)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-python-version/4141/2 "2020-04-24T18:48:30Z")

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Jupyter packages work great with python 3. In fact, many Jupyter projects do not work with python 2 anymore, and only work with python 3.

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**Author:** ![jasongrout](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/jasongrout/32/371_2.png) [@jasongrout](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/jasongrout)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-python-version/4141/3 "2020-04-24T18:49:36Z")

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And as far as I know, Jupyter packages should work great with 3.8. Please see individual Jupyter projects for more details about their python 3 support, of course.

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**Author:** ![Adolfo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/adolfo/32/1961_2.png) [@Adolfo](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Adolfo)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/what-python-version/4141/4 "2020-04-24T19:42:29Z")

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**thank you so much**