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> Why not just install the required version of Python, maybe from a 3rd party repo That's the thing. pyenv just downloads the source code of the specified Pyth
by Chiron1991 6y ago
> Why not just install the required version of Python, maybe from a 3rd party repo
That's the thing. pyenv just downloads the source code of the specified Python version, and then compiles it on your machine. They did that to be agnostic of the OS you're running on.
- simiones 6y agoBut they are not agnostic of the OS. In fact, they have a huge dependency on the C toolchain, which I have to fix apparently.