pyenv
In the case of Ruby git,rbenv and bundler are the keys to project management. Looking for the Python keys. Looking at git, pyenv, virtualenv.
github.com/yyuu/pyenv
Simple Python Version Management: pyenv
pyenv lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python. It’s simple, unobtrusive, and follows the UNIX tradition of single-purpose tools that do one thing well.
This project was forked from rbenv and ruby-build, and modified for Python.
github.com/pyenv Simple Python version management
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
cd ~/.pyenv
git pull
github.com/pyenv/ pyenv Command Reference
pyenv install --list
pyenv install 3.8.0
cd ~craig/dev/scourby-king-james
pyenv local 3.8.0
pip install beautifulsoup4
pip install --upgrade pip
dabapps.com/blog article Pip and Virtualenv for Python beginners
Jamie Matthews - A non-magical introduction to Pip and Virtualenv for Python beginners
One of the hurdles that new Python developers have to get over is understanding the Python packaging ecosystem. This blog post is based on material covered in our Python for Programmers training course, which attempts to explain pip and virtualenv for new Python users.
How does virtualenv help?
virtualenv solves this problem by creating a completely isolated virtual environment for each of your programs. An environment is simply a directory that contains a complete copy of everything needed to run a Python program, including a copy of the python binary itself, a copy of the entire Python standard library, a copy of the pip installer, and (crucially) a copy of the site-packages directory mentioned above. When you install a package from PyPI using the copy of pip that’s created by the virtualenv tool, it will install the package into the site-packages directory inside the virtualenv directory. You can then use it in your program just as before.
How can I install virtualenv?
In fact, virtualenv comes with a copy of pip which gets copied into every new environment you create, so virtualenv is really all you need. You can even install it as a separate standalone package (rather than from PyPI). This might be easier for Windows users. See virtualenv.org for instructions.
spin.atomicobject.com article Python Environment Management for Rubyists – a Guide by Mitchell Johnson
github.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer
github.com/yyuu/pyenv-virtualenv
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pyenv / virtualenv try 1
Show python versions on system
python --version
Python 2.7.9
which python
/usr/bin/python
python3 --version
Python 3.4.2
which python3
/usr/bin/python3
run pyenv-installer
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer/master/bin/pyenv-installer | bash
...
Cloning into '/home/craig/.pyenv'...
...
WARNING: seems you still have not added 'pyenv' to the load path.
Load pyenv automatically by adding
the following to ~/.zshrc:
export PATH="/home/craig/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
...
Install local pythons
pyenv install --list
...
2.7.12
...
3.5.2
...
pyenv install 2.7.12
pyenv install 3.5.2
Downloading Python-3.5.2.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.2/Python-3.5.2.tar.xz
Installing Python-3.5.2...
WARNING: The Python bz2 extension was not compiled. Missing the bzip2 lib?
Installed Python-3.5.2 to /home/craig/.pyenv/versions/3.5.2
Python’s bz2 module not compiled by default
stackoverflow.com/questions Python’s bz2 module not compiled by default
option 2. build and install bzip2
In the README file of bzip2 package, it is explained that under certain platforms, namely those which employ Linux-ELF binaries, you have to build an additional shared object file like shown below:
wget http://bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
tar xpzf bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
cd bzip2-1.0.6
make
make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
make install PREFIX=/path/to/local # /usr/local by default
The critical bit here is the following command:
make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
I've done this and after that tried to build Python again, like shown below:
cd Python-2.7.3
./configure --prefix=/path/to/local
make install
Build bzip2 from source
Here is the 1.0.6 source tarball , which includes full documentation. md5: 00b516f4704d4a7cb50a1d97e6e8e15b
make
...
make distclean # tests are successful.
...
make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
...
sudo checkinstall
...
Done. The new package has been installed and saved to
/home/craig/dev/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.6/bzip2_1.0.6-1_amd64.deb
You can remove it from your system anytime using:
dpkg -r bzip2
Install pythons again
cd /home/craig/.pyenv/versions
rm -rf 2.7.12 3.5.2
pyenv install 2.7.12
Downloading Python-2.7.12.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.12/Python-2.7.12.tar.xz
Installing Python-2.7.12...
Installed Python-2.7.12 to /home/craig/.pyenv/versions/2.7.12
pyenv install 3.5.2
Downloading Python-3.5.2.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.2/Python-3.5.2.tar.xz
Installing Python-3.5.2...
Installed Python-3.5.2 to /home/craig/.pyenv/versions/3.5.2
Success this time
Create a virtualenv
Note virtualenv and venv
There is a venv module available for CPython 3.3 and newer. It provides an executable module venv which is the successor of virtualenv and distributed by default.
pyenv-virtualenv uses python -m venv if it is available and the virtualenv command is not available.
craig not sure how to install virtualenv on CPython before 3.3
3/library/venv.html New in version 3.3. venv — Creation of virtual environments
and build a pyenv with 3.5.2 and venv
pyenv versions
2.7.12
3.5.2
pyenv virtualenv 3.5.2 py1
ls ~/.pyenv/versions/py1
pyenv versions
2.7.12
3.5.2
3.5.2/envs/py1
py1
pyenv virtualenvs
mkdir --parents ~/dev/python/py1
cd ~/dev/python/py1
pyenv local py1
py1 pyenv version
py1 (set by /home/craig/dev/python/py1/.python-version)
git init .
git add .
git commit -m 'Starting. using pyvenv py1'