Note: The issue was originally named "Update the MET Dockerfile to install Python 3.8.6 from source" but was changed to more accurately describe the work done.

Describe the Task

Update the MET Dockerfile to install Python 3.8.6 from source.
See https://vinodpandey.com/how-to-install-python3-on-centos-7/#installing-python-38-on-centos-7 for an example.
If this does not work well, refer to METplus’s use of conda for installing 3.8.6.

As part of this work, a new repository was created - METbaseimage - in order to handle separate versioning for the base image. This task corresponds to work on METbaseimage Issue #1 and METbaseimage Issue #3.

Time Estimate

1-3 days of work

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Relevant Deadlines

MET-11.0.0-beta3 (9/14/22)

Funding Source

2702691

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• METplus, MET, METdatadb, METviewer, METexpress, METcalcpy, METplotpy

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