Currently pyenv installs versions that are distinct to the micro version. This
makes upgrading local Python installations to the latest version needlessly
painful. pyenv-latest adds a new install-latest command to pyenv that will
install the latest version of a provided alias. In addition, it will group
site-packages together in a folder per minor version so upgrading your Python
version will not require you reinstall all your packages and virtual
environments.
This plugin only hooks into the existing pyenv install command, so you will
see each micro version listed independently when you run pyenv versions. It
does not currently uninstall old versions when upgrading.
Currently only standard CPython versions are supported.
You must have pyenv installed.
Install as a pyenv plugin.
cd $PYENV_ROOT/plugins
git clone https://github.com/akedrou/pyenv-latest.gitpyenv install-latest 3.7This project is not meant to be a long-term solution. Ideally this feature will be implemented in the pyenv project and this plugin can peacefully die. That said, it does address an immediate need (however hackily) and so I'm happy to accept submissions.