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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ If you are logged in to an Arvados VM, the Python SDK should be installed.
 
 To use the Python SDK elsewhere, you can install from PyPI or a distribution package.
 
-The Python SDK supports Python 2.7 and 3.4+
+As of Arvados 2.2, the Python SDK requires Python 3.6+.  The last version to support Python 2.7 is Arvados 2.0.4.
 
 h2. Option 1: Install from a distribution package
 
@@ -26,20 +26,22 @@ This installation method is recommended to make the CLI tools available system-w
 
 First, configure the "Arvados package repositories":../../install/packages.html
 
-{% assign arvados_component = 'python-arvados-python-client' %}
+{% assign arvados_component = 'python3-arvados-python-client' %}
 
 {% include 'install_packages' %}
 
 h2. Option 2: Install with pip
 
-This installation method is recommended to use the SDK in your own Python programs. It can coexist with the system-wide installation method from a distribution package (option 2, below).
+This installation method is recommended to use the SDK in your own Python programs. If installed into a @virtualenv@, it can coexist with the system-wide installation method from a distribution package.
 
 Run @pip install arvados-python-client@ in an appropriate installation environment, such as a @virtualenv@.
 
-The SDK uses @pycurl@ which depends on the @libcurl@ C library.  To build the module you may have to install additional packages.  On Debian 9 this is:
+Note:
+
+The SDK uses @pycurl@ which depends on the @libcurl@ C library.  To build the module you may have to first install additional packages.  On Debian 10 this is:
 
 <pre>
-$ apt-get install git build-essential python3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl1.0-dev
+$ apt-get install git build-essential python3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev
 </pre>
 
 If your version of @pip@ is 1.4 or newer, the @pip install@ command might give an error: "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement arvados-python-client". If this happens, try @pip install --pre arvados-python-client@.
@@ -52,8 +54,8 @@ If you installed with pip (option 1, above):
 
 <notextile>
 <pre>~$ <code class="userinput">python</code>
-Python 2.7.4 (default, Sep 26 2013, 03:20:26)
-[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2
+Python 3.7.3 (default, Jul 25 2020, 13:03:44)
+[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> <code class="userinput">import arvados</code>
 >>> <code class="userinput">arvados.api('v1')</code>
@@ -63,11 +65,15 @@ Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 
 If you installed from a distribution package (option 2): the package includes a virtualenv, which means the correct Python environment needs to be loaded before the Arvados SDK can be imported. This can be done by activating the virtualenv first:
 
+{% include 'notebox_begin_warning' %}
+If you are on Ubuntu 18.04, please note that the Arvados packages that use Python depend on the python-3.8 package. This means they are installed under @/usr/share/python3.8@, not @/usr/share/python3@. You will need to update the commands below accordingly.
+{% include 'notebox_end' %}
+
 <notextile>
-<pre>~$ <code class="userinput">source /usr/share/python2.7/dist/python-arvados-python-client/bin/activate</code>
+<pre>~$ <code class="userinput">source /usr/share/python3/dist/python3-arvados-python-client/bin/activate</code>
 (python-arvados-python-client) ~$ <code class="userinput">python</code>
-Python 2.7.4 (default, Sep 26 2013, 03:20:26)
-[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2
+Python 3.7.3 (default, Jul 25 2020, 13:03:44)
+[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> <code class="userinput">import arvados</code>
 >>> <code class="userinput">arvados.api('v1')</code>
@@ -78,9 +84,9 @@ Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 Or alternatively, by using the Python executable from the virtualenv directly:
 
 <notextile>
-<pre>~$ <code class="userinput">/usr/share/python2.7/dist/python-arvados-python-client/bin/python</code>
-Python 2.7.4 (default, Sep 26 2013, 03:20:26)
-[GCC 4.7.3] on linux2
+<pre>~$ <code class="userinput">/usr/share/python3/dist/python3-arvados-python-client/bin/python</code>
+Python 3.7.3 (default, Jul 25 2020, 13:03:44)
+[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> <code class="userinput">import arvados</code>
 >>> <code class="userinput">arvados.api('v1')</code>