Bumped to Python 3.6 from 3.4 (#4891)

Skipped 3.5 because it provides 3.5.1.
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To run Python 3.x on [CentOS](https://www.centos.org/) or RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), [Software Collections](https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-python34/) needs to be activated first.
To run Python 3.x on [CentOS](https://www.centos.org/) or RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), [Software Collections](https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-python36/) needs to be activated first.
There are effort in progress to bring Python 3.4 to [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) which will allow you to follow the [Fedora Instructions](/docs/installation/fedora/).
You must install Python 3.5.3 or later. Software Collections version of Python 3.5 is 3.5.1 so this guide uses Python 3.6.
### {% linkable_title Using Software Collections %}
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$ yum install centos-release-scl
```
Then install the Python 3.5 package:
Then install the Python 3.6 package:
```bash
$ yum install rh-python35
$ yum install rh-python36
```
Once installed, switch to your `homeassistant` user (if you've set one up), enable the software collection and check that it has set up the new version of Python:
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```bash
$ scl enable rh-python35 bash
$ python --version
Python 3.5.1
Python 3.6.3
```
You will be in a command shell set up with Python 3.5 as your default version. The virtualenv and pip commands will be correct for this version, so you can now create a virtual environment and install Home Assistant following the main [instructions](https://home-assistant.io/docs/installation/virtualenv/#step-4-set-up-the-virtualenv).
You will be in a command shell set up with Python 3.6 as your default version. The virtualenv and pip commands will be correct for this version, so you can now create a virtual environment and install Home Assistant following the main [instructions](https://home-assistant.io/docs/installation/virtualenv/#step-4-set-up-the-virtualenv).
You will need to enable the software collection each time you log on before you activate your virtual environment.