Here is the pyenv cheat sheet of all the basic commands list.

🔗What is pyenv

pyenv is Python version management tool, it lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Python.

🔗What it does

• Lets you change the global Python version on a per-user basis.

• Provides support for per-project Python versions.

• Allows you to override the Python version with an environment variable.

🔗List available python versions to install

This will list all the available version of python

pyenv install --list

You can filter it using grep. Here we are filtering list by python version:

pyenv install --list | grep " 3\.11"

🔗Installing Python Version

pyenv install <version>

add -v flag to see install progress output

🔗List Installed Python Versions

pyenv versions

Astrick (*) indicate current active version.

🔗See List Of All pyenv Commands

pyenv commands

🔗Activating Python Version

🔗global

• Sets the given version as global python version.

• It overrides system’s default python version.

pyenv global <version>

🔗local

• Use it to set directory / project specific python version.

• It can override python version set by global

pyenv local <version>

🔗shell

• Sets shell specific python version.

• The python version stays active until shell has been closed or by using --unset flag.

• It can override python version set by local and global

pyenv shell <version>

🔗Virtual Environments

🔗Create Virtual Environments

pyenv virtualenv <version> <env_name>

🔗Set virtual environment as default for dir/project

pyenv local <env_name>

🔗Activate Virtual Environment

pyenv activate <env_name>

🔗Deactivate Virtual Environment

pyenv deactivate

🔗Recommended Reading Materials

• Official Page of pyenv

• Real Python: Managing Multiple Python Versions With pyenv