Getting an error while installing Python 3.4.4 in Linux

Question

While installing Python 3.4.4 into Linux server by running ./configure script and getting the following error:

checking for ensurepip... upgrade
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Makefile.pre.in'

I am trying to search but not getting that much information, could experts provide here their views, will be grateful to you.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '17 at 15:59

I have removed the old python directory and followed the following steps which worked for me, thought to share with people here too.

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.4/Python-3.4.4.tgz
tar xzf Python-3.4.4.tgz
cd Python-3.4.4/
./configure
make altinstall
python3.4 -V

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