[pytest-dev] Setting up tox

Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 15:49:40 CEST 2014


OK with a fresh head this morning... it was PEBCAK as usual. I had
installed python3 (which was3.2) and python3.4, but not python3.3. Now I
have installed python3.3 all is working as advertised. Sorry for the
confusion and thanks everyone for your help.

Brianna


On 17 April 2014 04:38, Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> wrote:

> On 16 April 2014 22:58, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, what is the answer?
> > 1) Install multiple pythons in a single virtualenv, somehow
>
> The multiple python's need to be on the system, system wide installs
> are fine.  Personally I use the system provided ones plus, on ubuntu,
> the deadsnakes ppa for all other python versions.  On my Debian boxes
> I build the other versions from scratch.  But most systems ship with a
> 2.x and a 3.x version by now which is a good enough start.
>
> > 2) Install tox system-wide, in which case how does it know about my
> > development version of py.test? (from current working dir?)
>
> Contrary to Holger I tend to install tox in my system's python using
> "pip install -U --user tox" and use that to run the py.test tests.  It
> works with the current working dir to find the package under test
> indeed, then it packs it up and deploys it in a few virtualenvs it
> manages itself.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
> Floris
>
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