Management of multiple versions of Python with pyenv

Pyenv pyenv lets you easily install and switch between multiple versions of Python.

Install and customization zsh

The main issues are described in wiki

curl https://pyenv.run | bash
echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.zshrc
exec $SHELL
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev

Update pyenv

pyenv update

List of all versions available for installation

pyenv install -l

Install version of Python

pyenv install miniconda3-latest

List of installed versions

pyenv versions

Delete the installed version

pyenv uninstall miniconda3-latest

Install local version Python for project

cd pyprojects/testproject

pyenv local miniconda3-latest

pyenv version

or

pyenv versions

All commands

pyenv commands

Working in a virtual environment with a plugin pyenv-virtualenv

Create virtual environment

pyenv virtualenv miniconda3-latest venv

Switch to the venv

pyenv activate venv

Exit from the venv

pyenv deactivate

List of created virtual environments

pyenv virtualenvs

Delete the venv

pyenv virtualenv-delete venv