Managing Python Versions and Virtual Environments using pyenv

The pyenv package is a very useful tool for managing multiple versions of Python, without too much hassle. It also comes with various plugins for streamlining the development experience, including pyenv-virtualenv, which provides features for managing virtual environments and conda environments.

Unfortunately, pyenv is not supported on Windows. However, we recommend using the pyenv-win fork for Windows users.

Installing pyenv

1. Install required Python build dependencies

Mac OS X

brew install openssl readline sqlite3 xz zlib

Ubuntu/Debian/Mint

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm \
libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev

Alpine

apk add --no-cache git bash build-base libffi-dev openssl-dev bzip2-dev zlib-dev readline-dev sqlite-dev 

2. Installing pyenv

The fastest way to install pyenv and some of popular plugins is to use the pyenv-installer:

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

Next up, restart your shell so the path changes take effect:

exec $SHELL

3. Updating pyenv

Updating pyenv is as simple as:

pyenv update

4. Switching between Python versions

• pyenv local 3.3.3 - Sets Python 3.3.3 in the local shell.
• pyenv global 2.7.3 - Sets Python 2.7.3 globally, in all shells.

5. Managing virtual environments and Python versions

• pyenv virtualenv 3.3.3 virtual-env-name - Creates a virtual environment called virtual-env-name that uses Python 3.3.3
• pyenv virtualenvs - Shows the created virtual environments.
• pyenv activate virtual-env-name - Activates the virtual environment with the virtual-env-name name.
• pyenv deactivate - Deactivates the currently activated virtual environment.

Uninstalling pyenv

The pyenv executable is installed in $PYENV_ROOT, which defaults to ~/.pyenv. To uninstall it, just simply remove it:

rm -fr ~/.pyenv

Then clean up your .bashrc file, by removing the following lines from it:

export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

Conclusion

In this article we've learned how simple and easy it is to use pyenv and its related plugins for managing multiple versions of Python and virtual environments from a single machine.

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