On 07/15/2018 12:38 AM, boB Stepp wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 11:52 PM boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:43 PM boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 8:23 PM Mats Wichmann <m...@wichmann.us> wrote: >>>> >>>> take a look at pyenv. should make it fairly easy. >>>> >>>> https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv >>> >>> This does look interesting. On the linked page, after installing and >>> configuring pyenv, it says to install Python as follows giving a 2.7.8 >>> example: >>> >>> $ pyenv install 2.7.8 >>> >>> Where and how does it get its Python installation? >> >> After a lot of searching, I'm still not sure how pyenv is working its >> magic. On https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki it says: >> >> "pyenv will try its best to download and compile the wanted Python version, >> ..." >> >> This suggests that it is getting the source from somewhere >> (python.org/downloads ?) and then compiling it locally. Is this what >> it actually does? > > After too much fruitless searching I finally found a more direct > confirmation of what I was suspecting to be true at > > "In contrast, with PyEnv, you install a Python. This can be a version > of CPython, PyPy, IronPython, Jython, Pyston, stackless, miniconda, or > even Anaconda. It downloads the sources from the official repos, and > compiles them on your machine [1]. Plus, it provides an easy and > transparent way of switching between installed versions (including any > system-installed versions). After that, you use Python's own venv and > pip." > > This sounds like exactly what I need! Thanks for this, Mats!! I will > give it a whirl later today after I wake up. >
Right... sorry for not following up sooner, it tries to download and build a Python from sources, while not messing with the system-installed Python. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
