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How I can upgrade my Ubuntu python3.7 to python3.8 latest version?

I am tried by this command
sudo pip3 install --upgrade python
but still, it did not work.

Try this:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.8
And if you want to replace the 3.7 with 3.8 for the python3 on your computer use the following after running the above commands.
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.7 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 2
You can switch between python versions on your computer by running the following command.
This will show you the installed versions and you can select which one you want to use.
sudo update-alternatives --config python3

pip is not capable of upgrading python - it is for python packages. Use,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.8
On Ubuntu. You may also want -dev and -venv:
sudo apt-get install python3.8-venv python3.8-dev
To ensure you have 3.8 pip, virtualenv, and such.

Try this
sudo apt --fix-missing purge $(dpkg -l | grep 'python3\.7' | awk '{print $2}')
then run
sudo apt upgrade

python3.7 No module named pip

i had a problem with installing packages to new upgraded python to version 3.7
When i type:
python3.7 -m pip install pip -d
/usr/local/bin/python3.7: No module named pip
I make easy_install like this: sudo easy_install pip what solve previous problems, but now it create pip3.7 in a weird way. Whem i calling for pip3.8 version, this returns me a message:
pip3.7 -V
pip 19.2.3 from /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip (python 3.5)
Someone know what i am doing wrong? I tried many things to resolve it. Reinstall, purge, install with symbolic link from python2 etc.
There is a script which i used to install python3.7 (i had also a problem with zlib):
sudo cd /home
sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tar.xz
sudo tar xf Python-3.7.3.tar.xz
sudo cd ./Python-3.7.3/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/local/bin/python3 10
python3 --version
Where is a mistake?

Answer finally i find myself. There: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-python-3-7-on-debian-9/
There with similar errors you can recompile it, even without removal (on secound machine i checked without removal) failed installation before.
If someone want to good upgrade with everywith working on debian 9. I recommend that script:
NOW_DIR=$(pwd)
apt update
apt install build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev wget
mkdir ~/python_upgrade
cd ~/python_upgrade
curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tar.xz
tar -xf Python-3.7.3.tar.xz
cd Python-3.7.3
./configure --enable-optimizations
make -j $(nproc)
make altinstall
python3.7 --version
cd $NOW_DIR
rm -rf ~/python_upgrade
There are minor changes from that commands in tutorial. Run above file.sh as root.
It can take some times, on my virtual machine with 2 cores during another job it takes 40 minutes. I hope someone find there good answer, not totally green comments like 'apt install' which is first try action before looking to web.

Broken install, dependency problems

I wanted to upgrade python 3.5 to python 3.6 and because I was dumb and didn't run apt-get remove python3 command I deleted the /usr/bin/python3 folder and now I have troubles installing another package.
The output of the error is : https://pastebin.com/ytrKUZRc
What I tried:
apt-get install python3
then when the error showed:
apt-get install -f
then
apt-get update
then
dpkg --configure -a then
apt-get clean but it didn't work.

What I did to solve the problem:
I deleted my source.list in /etc/apt/sources.list and generated a new one.
Then I ran the command apt-get install python3,
after it finished ran the command
apt-get -f install
after everything was finished I ran the command
dpkg --configure -a
and then the dependencies that were still broken I reinstalled them using the command
apt-get install --reinstall dependency name

Install PyQt5 on Raspberry for Python3.6

Since I found no answer for my question, neither in older posts nor in other forums, I want to ask the stackoverflow community for advice.
I am using a raspberry pi 3B+, version 9.4 (lite) with kernel version 4.14.71-v7.
I use python3.6. I installed it as follows:
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0.tgz
sudo tar xzf Python-3.6.0.tgz
sudo -s
cd Python-3.6.0
bash configure
make altinstall
exit
Installation was without any trouble and everything works perfectly.
Now I wanted to install the PyQt5 modul for python3.6. I usually use
sudo python3.6 -m pip install ...
for installing a modul for python3.6. Trying
sudo python3.6 -m pip install pyqt5
gave me the error message
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement PyQt5 (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for PyQt5
So I tried
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qt5-default pyqt5-dev pyqt5-dev-tools
But it installed PyQt5 for python3.5 (which is preinstalled) on the raspberry.
So does anybody know how to use or install PyQt5 for the subsequently installed
python3.6?
Edit 08.03.2019:
Thanks FlyingTeller. I started to build from source. I followed the steps from
your link.
sudo apt-get update
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip/sip-4.19.14.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf sip-4.19.14.tar.gz
cd sip-4.19.14
sudo -s
python3.6 configure.py --sip-module=PyQt5.sip
make
make install
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/PyQt5/PyQt5_gpl-5.12.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf PyQt5_gpl-5.12.tar.gz
cd PyQt5_gpl-5.12
python3.6 configure.py
Then I received the following error
Error: Use the --qmake argument to explicitly specify a working Qt qmake.
I think I am on the right way, but I do not understand what qmake is or what it
means.
Edit 10.03.2019:
I could solve the last error message. I installed
sudo apt-get install qt5-default
Then I did the same procedure as already mentioned. Now I get the error
fatal error: sip.h: File or directory not found
#include <sip.h>
PyQt5 config.py is in: /usr/src/PyQt5_gpl-5.12
SIP sip.h is in: /usr/src/sip-4.19.14
Anybody an idea? Thanks guys.

Today I found the solution. The steps below worked for me, without any error. The whole process took almost two hours.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qt5-default
sudo apt-get install sip-dev
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip/sip-4.19.14.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf sip-4.19.14.tar.gz
cd sip-4.19.14
sudo python3.6 configure.py --sip-module PyQt5.sip
sudo make
sudo make install
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/PyQt5/PyQt5_gpl-5.12.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf PyQt5_gpl-5.12.tar.gz
cd PyQt5_gpl-5.12
sudo python3.6 configure.py
sudo make
sudo make install

Seems like they moved some things around. This seems to work, as far as getting things, and compiling them. It takes a long time to build.
For the associated designer, look at:
QtDesigner for Raspberry Pi
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qt5-default
sudo apt-get install sip-dev
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip/4.19.23/sip-4.19.23.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf sip-4.19.23.tar.gz
cd sip-4.19.23
sudo python3 configure.py --sip-module PyQt5.sip
sudo make
sudo make install
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/PyQt5/5.13.2/PyQt5-5.13.2.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf PyQt5-5.13.2.tar.gz
cd PyQt5-5.13.2
sudo python3 configure.py
sudo make
sudo make install

In my case it helped to update pip from verion 18 to the newest, in my case 20.2 (python -m pip install --upgrade pip) and then do a pip install PyQt5.

The instructions used in the accepted answer did not work for me. I think it's simply because they are outdated. I wanted to post the list of commands that did work for me. I'm running a Pi 400 with the latest version of Raspbian as of 12/20/2020. I used the default python3 rather than python3.6.
Here is the modified list of commands that worked for me:
sudo apt-get install qt5-default
sudo apt-get install sip-dev
cd /usr/src
sudo wget https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip/sip-5.5.1.dev2011271026.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf sip-5.5.1.dev2011271026.tar.gz
cd sip-5.5.1.dev2011271026
sudo python3 setup.py build
sudo python3 setup.py install
sudo wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/28/6c/640e3f5c734c296a7193079a86842a789edb7988dca39eab44579088a1d1/PyQt5-5.15.2.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf PyQt5-5.15.2.tar.gz
cd PyQt5-5.15.2
sudo python3 configure.py
sudo make
sudo make install

Can't comment due to reputation but I would add to Christ Troutner's useful updated answer, that in case users get a No module named 'PyQt5.sip' error, try --sip-module PyQt5.sip during configure, per the docs:
Note
When building PyQt5 v5.11 or later you must configure SIP to create a
private copy of the sip module using a command line similar to the
following:
python configure.py --sip-module PyQt5.sip
If you already have SIP installed and you just want to build and
install the private copy of the module then add the --no-tools option.

The accepted answers did not work for me, below is the code that worked for me.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qt5-default
sudo apt-get install qtcreator
This code not only installs Qtcreator but also installs Qt5 Assistant, Qt5 Designer, and Qt5 Linguist

Unable to locate package virtualenv in ubuntu-13 on a virtual-machine

When i try to run the command:
sudo apt-get install virtualenv
The error I get in response is:
E: Unable to locate package virtualenv

The Ubuntu package is called python-virtualenv, not "virtualenv".

Try This :
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualenv

It's also possible that you may not have run sudo apt-get update. It worked for me.

You need to add python before virtualenv because ubuntu package is
python-virtualenv not virtualenv.
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

you can install it with this instruction :
curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-1.10.1.tar.gz
tar xvfz virtualenv-1.10.1.tar.gz
cd virtualenv-1.10.1
sudo python setup.py install

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualenv

Yess, if any one wants to have a look at ( installing virtualenv: a basis for the installation of ) django installation, please run this command when the shell opens up in Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo apt-get install python-easy_install virtualenv
and then run the commands to simply start the instructions followed on the following link(starting from the section "Setting up a new environment"):
http://www.django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/1-serialization/