Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Jerome Kieffer Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Need a Python 3.8 virtual environment Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:00:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Wed Mar 3 06:51:36 2021 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-2 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 X-Greylist: delayed 608 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at bendel; Wed, 03 Mar 2021 06:51:23 UTC X-Ironport-Av: E=Sophos;i="5.81,219,1610406000"; d="scan'208";a="65895280" Organization: ESRF X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/19031 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20210303074111.6fc1178e@antarctica.fournet.lan Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 27 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 07:41:11 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <20210303074111.6fc1178e@antarctica.fournet.lan> X-Original-References: <23748341.5eAvVsrXc7@riemann> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:13247 On Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:17:36 -0600 Steven Robbins wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use a (non-Debian) python system built on python 3.8. Debian's > default is currently 3.9 so I am advised to use a virtual environment. Being > a newbie, I searched around and found a writeup covering several different > virtualization tools [1]. Note I am using Debian 'sid'. [...] > Is there something I've missed? Hi Steven, I don't think there is any simple solution for you within the debian ecosystem. As a developper, I faced the same issue and ended in installing `conda` to have a quick access to the various python versions (then I create some venv from the conda environments). I doubt our use-case is common enough to justify having multiple python (again) in Debian. Cheers, Jerome PS: venv are about 10x smaller than conda environments !