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[python] How to switch Python versions in Terminal?

pyenv is a 3rd party version manager which is super commonly used (18k stars, 1.6k forks) and exactly what I looked for when I came to this question.

Install pyenv.

Usage

$ pyenv install --list
Available versions:
  2.1.3
  [...]
  3.8.1
  3.9-dev
  activepython-2.7.14
  activepython-3.5.4
  activepython-3.6.0
  anaconda-1.4.0
  [... a lot more; including anaconda, miniconda, activepython, ironpython, pypy, stackless, ....]

$ pyenv install 3.8.1
Downloading Python-3.8.1.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.1/Python-3.8.1.tar.xz
Installing Python-3.8.1...
Installed Python-3.8.1 to /home/moose/.pyenv/versions/3.8.1

$ pyenv versions
* system (set by /home/moose/.pyenv/version)
  2.7.16
  3.5.7
  3.6.9
  3.7.4
  3.8-dev

$ python --version
Python 2.7.17
$ pip --version
pip 19.3.1 from /home/moose/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)

$ mkdir pyenv-experiment && echo "3.8.1" > "pyenv-experiment/.python-version"
$ cd pyenv-experiment

$ python --version
Python 3.8.1
$ pip --version
pip 19.2.3 from /home/moose/.pyenv/versions/3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)

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