#!/bin/bash

# Update the package list
sudo apt-get update

# Install the software-properties-common package
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

# Add the deadsnakes PPA to the sources list
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

# Update the package list again
sudo apt-get update

# Check the latest version of Python 3 available
latest_version=$(apt-cache madison python3 | awk '{print $3}' | grep "^3\." | sort -V | tail -1)

# Install the latest version of Python 3
sudo apt-get install -y python3=$latest_version

# Verify the installation
python3 --version
which python3