raspbian-python3.6.yml

# An ansible role to configure python3.6 on a Raspberry Pi.
# to get started, ensure you have ansible installed:
#  $ sudo apt install ansible
# Then run this playbook:
#  $ ansible-playbook -i localhost, python3.6.yml
# Then you can get started:
#  $ python3.6
#
---
- hosts: all
  vars:
    version: 3.6.5
    threads: 4
  tasks:
    - name: "python{{version}} runtime&build dependencies"
      become: yes
      apt: name={{item}}
      with_items:
        - build-essential
        - tk-dev
        - libncurses5-dev
        - libncursesw5-dev
        - libreadline6-dev
        - libdb5.3-dev
        - libgdbm-dev
        - libsqlite3-dev
        - libssl-dev
        - libbz2-dev
        - libexpat1-dev
        - liblzma-dev
        - zlib1g-dev
    - name: "Download python{{version}}"
      get_url:
        url="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/{{version}}/Python-{{version}}.tar.xz"
        dest="/tmp/Python-{{version}}.tar.xz"
    - name: "Unarchive python{{version}}"
      unarchive:
        src="/tmp/Python-{{version}}.tar.xz"
        dest="/tmp/"
        copy=no
        creates="/tmp/Python-{{version}}"
    - name: "configure python{{version}} build"
      command: ./configure
      args:
        chdir: "/tmp/Python-{{version}}"
        creates: "/tmp/Python-{{version}}/Makefile"
    - name: "build python{{version}}"
      # not using make module to be able to use -j and creates option to fully skip step
      command: make -j{{threads}}
      args:
        chdir: "/tmp/Python-{{version}}"
        creates: "/tmp/Python-{{version}}/python"
    - name: "install python{{version}}"
      become: yes
      make:
        chdir: "/tmp/Python-{{version}}"
        target: altinstall