Help needed - - running into issues with python and its tools

Mats Wichmann mats at wichmann.us
Mon Aug 5 18:12:10 EDT 2024


On 8/5/24 15:17, o1bigtenor via Python-list wrote:

>> That's something like
>>
>> pyenv install 3.12.4
>>
> 
> $ pyenv install 3.12.4
> bash: pyenv: command not found
> 

> pyenv is not a 'global' package
> 
> there is a mountain of /root/.pyenv  files though
> there is also quite a number of /root/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv/
> files
> 
> when looking in the /root/.pyenv files I can find options for all the older
> version of python
> but none for anything newer than what is on my system
> 
> is there something else to install to achieve this 'version freedom' that
> pyenv promises?

It has to go somewhere your shell can find it.  Mine is a shell 
function, but it was set up so many years ago I don't remember details. 
It's presumably the pyenv installation instructions...





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