Here’s a quick way to start a web server using Python (not recommended for production).

If you want to use python3, you may have to use explicitly use python3.

Check what versions you have first.

python --version
python3 --version

Start web server using port 8080 in the current directory.

python -m http.server 8080

If you want an alternate directory, use this -d option.

python -m http.server 8080 -d /tmp

It’s a great tool for quick downloads.