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Using Pyenv in WSL Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to install Python 3.8
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Using Pyenv in WSL Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to install Python 3.8

Env

  • Windows 10
  • Ubuntu 22.04 WSL
  • zsh

Requirements

  • git

Install pyenv

curl https://pyenv.run | bash
echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Install deps

sudo apt-get install -y \
  make \
  build-essential \
  libssl-dev \
  zlib1g-dev \
  libbz2-dev \
  libreadline-dev \
  libsqlite3-dev \
  wget \
  curl \
  llvm \
  libncurses5-dev \
  libncursesw5-dev \
  xz-utils \
  tk-dev \
  liblzma-dev

Install Python 3.8

> pyenv install 3.8
pyenv: /home/bryancs/.pyenv/versions/3.8.16 already exists
continue with installation? (y/N) y
Downloading Python-3.8.16.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.16/Python-3.8.16.tar.xz
Installing Python-3.8.16...
Installed Python-3.8.16 to /home/bryancs/.pyenv/versions/3.8.16
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