Update Python and get gcc?

[sunnystormy]

Hi guys!

I have a Braveheart phone with UBPorts on it and it comes with a fairly old version of Python installed. Is there a way that I can upgrade Python to the latest version? Also, how do I get gcc on this phone as well, it seems like it's not installed either.

Thank you for your help!

[wibble]

It sounds like you'd be better off with one of the other distros that's more like a normal linux install. UBPorts is intended to be more like a phone OS with a read-only root filesystem that gets rewritten with a new version during OTA updates, and all apps installed via its app store. While you can remount root as read-write and use apt or dpkg to install packages, as I understand it this can cause other things to misbehave.

[sunnystormy]

Ah, I see! That would explain things. In that case, which phone distro would you recommend? I’ll have to go buy an SD card, if I’m not mistaken, in order to install a new OS?

Thank you for your help!