How to use a specific build of Python in my virtual environment

Question

I am trying to create a virtual environment with a specific build of python (specifically, 3.6.7) to develop locally because I am pushing my code to a Heroku stack which only supports this version of Python 3 ( see here ).

As I understand it, this specific build of python must already be installed on my machine so I can do something like virtualenv --python=/path/to/python3.6.7 env_directory. My questions are:

What is the easy way to install Python-3.6.7 on both Ubuntu and OSX (I will be developing in both operating systems)?
Is there some virtual environment tool out there that can download a specific build automatically?

you could try using Anaconda. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43707369/how-do-i-install-a-package-for-different-python-versions-in-anaconda — Kannappan Sirchabesan, Jan 20 '19 at 22:25
Did you see here https://askubuntu.com/questions/865554/how-do-i-install-python-3-6-using-apt-get ? — VolArt, Jan 20 '19 at 22:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '19 at 22:32

0

Pyenv ( https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv ) lets you easily install multiple versions of python on your system.

answered Jan 20 '19 at 22:32

raindrop

56
5

How to use a specific build of Python in my virtual environment

1 Answers1