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> Multiple versions of CPython can be installed and used together without the use of any extra tools. I.e. the solution to this "problem" is simply to learn how
by maleldil 3y ago
> Multiple versions of CPython can be installed and used together without the use of any extra tools. I.e. the solution to this "problem" is simply to learn how to do that.
How do you do that? For example, if you're on Ubuntu LTS but want to use the latest Python version, how do you do that? The system package manager won't have it. Do you rely on a third-party PPA? What about other distros, where you don't have that?
- crabbone 3y agoI personally? -- Check out CPython Github repository and build w/e version I need. CPython's Makefile has altinstall command that installs as pythonX.Y rather than just python. And if I need to have multiple Pythons of the same version, but, say, different in whether they have debug info or something like that, I modify the installation prefix. But, you can also download CPython source tarballs and skip the Git part. I haven't used CPython installers in a very long time... but, I'd imagine that the MSI would have a way to specify at least the location where Python is to be installed...