We will use Homebrew to install Python 3.8 and will then move on to creating a virtual environment. So to set up a virtual environment, we won't be using virtualenv or virtualenvwrapper module, which are most popular to set up a virtual environment.īut we will be using the venv module which comes as a default with Python 3.x version and is recommended to use for virtual environment creation. You can set up a different virtual environment for each project for example if you are working on one project based on Tkinter module, some other projects based on Numpy module, then you can easily do this. We can have different versions of Python installed inside the virtual environment. When we have a virtual environment, then we can install new packages inside the virtual environment which will not affect the operating system's python modules. You must be thinking about why we need a virtual environment? So here are a few points in its favor: Instead, you should set up a virtual environment for your development purpose. If you are a Mac user, you should know that Python 2.7.x comes pre-installed in your Macbook, but as that is required by your operating system, so you cannot modify it or update it and I would recommend that you don't use it at all. Not the ones prior to it.This article will help you to set up a Python virtual environment on Mac OS or your Macbook. In another forum I learnt that 3.9.1 is the python supported for Monterey. Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. noĬonfigure: error: Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX noĬhecking whether pthread_key_t is compatible with int.

Results logged to /var/folders/3f/l881d_r17qj_2q0kt5_6ll9h0000gn/T/Ĭhecking whether to enable large file support. However, when I used brew install for all packages including pyenv, pyenv-virtualenv - I was able to have multiple python virtual environments on 2.7.18, 3.9.9 on latest Monterey using M1 silicon 14' pro.įor default Python 3.8.9, I am seeing build errors for pyenv install 3.8.9 command: pyenv install 3.8.9īUILD FAILED (OS X 12.0.1 using python-build 20180424) An update on /intro-to-pyenv/ I had issues with pyenchant not being able to find enchant C library when I used pyenv installer as suggested in this link.

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