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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Follow one of the chapters below depending on your operating system.
 
 #### Linux / \*BSD
 
-First, make sure that **python** 3.5 or later (**python** ≥ 3.6 is
+First, make sure that **python** 3.8 or later (**python** ≥ 3.9 is
 recommended) and **pip** are installed. On most distributions it should be
 enough to install the package ``python3-pip``.