[root@mcchandu2c Python-2.7.16]# /usr/local/bin/python2.

7 -V
Python 2.7.16
[root@mcchandu2c Python-2.7.16]# yum install
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(rpm -E '%{rhel}').noarch.rpm
[root@mcchandu2c src]# yum install -y https://centos7.iuscommunity.org/ius-
release.rpm
[root@mcchandu2c src]# yum install -y python36u python36u-pip
[root@mcchandu2c src]# which python
/usr/local/bin/python
[root@mcchandu2c bin]# ls -l python*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Jul 9 17:15 python -> python2
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jul 9 17:15 python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 7216 Jun 11 12:19 python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Nov 15 00:33 python3 -> python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 11336 Jun 11 15:17 python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 11336 Jun 11 15:17 python3.6m
[root@mcchandu2c bin]# ln -s /usr/bin/python3.6 /usr/local/sbin/python
[root@mcchandu2c /]# python -V
Python 3.6.8