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pythonbrew is a program to automate the building and installation of Python in the users $HOME.
pythonbrew is inspired by perlbrew and rvm.
The recommended way to download and install pythonbrew is to run these statements in your shell:
curl -kL http://po.st/pybrewinstall | bash
After that, pythonbrew installs itself to ~/.pythonbrew.
Please add the following line to the end of your ~/.bashrc:
[[ -s $HOME/.pythonbrew/etc/bashrc ]] && source $HOME/.pythonbrew/etc/bashrc
If you need to install pythonbrew into somewhere else, you can do that by setting a PYTHONBREW_ROOT environment variable:
export PYTHONBREW_ROOT=/path/to/pythonbrew curl -kLO http://po.st/pybrewinstall chmod +x pythonbrewinstall ./pythonbrewinstall
Python uses a library called readline to allow line editing and command history. If you use Python interactively, it is recommended to install both the readline library and its headers. Otherwise, the arrow keys won't work in the Python interactive shell.
On Debian and Ubuntu systems, the required package is called libreadline-dev. On Fedora, Red Hat, and CentOS, the package is called readline-devel. No extra packages are required on Arch or Gentoo.
The readline support package must be installed before Python in order to work properly.
If the install script is run as root, pythonbrew will automatically install into /usr/local/pythonbrew.
The pythonbrew will be automatically configured for every user on the system if you install as root.
After installation, where you would normally use sudo, non-root users will need to use sudopybrew:
sudopybrew install -v -j2 2.7.2
pythonbrew command [options]
Install some pythons:
pythonbrew install 2.7.2 pythonbrew install --verbose 2.7.2 pythonbrew install --test 2.7.2 pythonbrew install --test --force 2.7.2 pythonbrew install --configure="CC=gcc_4.1" 2.7.2 pythonbrew install --no-setuptools 2.7.2 pythonbrew install http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/Python-2.7.2.tgz pythonbrew install /path/to/Python-2.7.2.tgz pythonbrew install /path/to/Python-2.7.2 pythonbrew install 2.7.2 3.2
Permanently use the specified python:
pythonbrew switch 2.7.2 pythonbrew switch 3.2
Use the specified python in current shell:
pythonbrew use 2.7.2
Runs a named python file against specified and/or all pythons:
pythonbrew py test.py pythonbrew py -v test.py # Show verbose output pythonbrew py -p 2.7.2 -p 3.2 test.py # Use the specified pythons
List the installed pythons:
pythonbrew list
List the available installation pythons:
pythonbrew list -k
Uninstall the specified python:
pythonbrew uninstall 2.7.2 pythonbrew uninstall 2.7.2 3.2
Remove stale source folders and archives:
pythonbrew cleanup
Upgrades pythonbrew to the latest version:
pythonbrew update pythonbrew update --master pythonbrew update --develop
Disable pythonbrew:
pythonbrew off
Create/Remove a symbolic link to python (in a directory on your $PATH):
pythonbrew symlink # Create a symbolic link, like "py2.7.2", for each installed version pythonbrew symlink -p 2.7.2 pythonbrew symlink pip # Create a symbolic link to the specified script in bin directory pythonbrew symlink -r # Remove a symbolic link pythonbrew symlink -v foo # Create a symbolic link to the specified virtual environment python in bin directory
Runs the buildout with specified or current using python:
pythonbrew buildout pythonbrew buildout -p 2.6.6
Create isolated python environments (uses virtualenv):
pythonbrew venv init pythonbrew venv create proj pythonbrew venv list pythonbrew venv use proj pythonbrew venv delete proj pythonbrew venv rename proj proj2 pythonbrew venv clone proj proj2
Show version:
pythonbrew version
- install <version>
- Build and install the given version of python. Install setuptools and pip automatically.
- switch <version>
- Permanently use the specified python as default.
- use <version>
- Use the specified python in current shell.
- py <python file>
- Runs a named python file against specified and/or all pythons.
- list
- List the installed all pythons.
- list -k <version>
- List the available install pythons.
- uninstall <version>
- Uninstall the given version of python.
- cleanup
- Remove stale source folders and archives.
- update
- Upgrades pythonbrew to the latest version.
- off
- Disable pythonbrew.
- symlink
- Create/Remove a symbolic link to python (in a directory on your $PATH)
- buildout
- Runs the buildout with specified or current using python.
- venv
- Create isolated python environments (uses virtualenv)
- version
- Show version.
- See more details below
- pythonbrew help <command>
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Copyright (c) 2010-2014 - utahta
Copyright (c) 2014 - PyBank team
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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