This article explains how to install pyenv, and Python by pyenv on WSL (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS).

The following lists are the table of contents about this article.

• Target audience
• Environment
• Preconditions
• Installing pyenv
• Installing Python by pyenv
  • Installing libraries that need for installing Python
  • Installing Python
• Reference articles

Target audience

• Those who want to install pyenv and Python on WSL.

Environment

• WSL (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)

Preconditions

• Already installed git.

Installing pyenv

Execution the following commands.

git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv
echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bash_profile
exec "$SHELL"

Then reboot WSL for applying the setting.
Installation of pyenv is now complete.

Installing Python by pyenv

Installing libraries that need for installing Python

Execution the following command.

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

Installing Python

Execution the following command, then setting Python version that will use.
In this case, installing Python 3.8.2.

pyenv install 3.8.2
pyenv global 3.8.2

Reference articles

GitHub - pyenv/pyenv: Simple Python version management

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