Fix Problems Updating Electrum When you Don’t Have the Right Distro

Electrum is an Open Source Bitcoin Wallet for Linux and other computer OS and Android devices. It accounts for approximately 5% of the total Bitcoin transaction volume. Published in 2011 as the first light-weight Bitcoin wallet. Since then, Electrum has experienced a significant amount of development and improvement, making it one of the best choices for beginners and advanced users alike.
Electrum is almost 100% Python, so it’s better to make an installation using Python. We provide you with two methods to update Electrum, one with and one without Python.

How to Update Electrum on Linux fast and Easy?

Method one.
The best way to update Electrum if you don’t have the necessary Python distros, is to simply download them and then run the necessary pip command. Update/download pyhon using the following commands

Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint/PCLinuxOS
sudo apt install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-pyqt5
CentOS/Redhat
sudo dnf install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-qt5
Fedora
sudo dnf install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-qt5 python3-QtPy
openSUSE
sudo zypper install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-qt5 python3-QtPy
Then use pip to download Electrum.
“sudo -H pip3 install [https://download.electrum.org/3.3.8/Electrum-3.3.8.tar.gz#egg=electrum fast]”
Start Electrum

Recover your wallet using the seed. Select “Recover from seed option”

You have successfully updated Electrum with Python.
Method two: (no python)
You can use wget:
wget https://github.com/AbdussamadA/electrum-install/raw/master/electrum-install
chmod +x electrum-install
./electrum-install 3.3.8
Replace 3.3.8 with the version that you want to get. Make sure to backup and delete the previous version. This will verify the GPG and download the latest version of Electrum for you.

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