Re: How to install older python version on Debian

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 09:55:03AM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote:
> Dear Debian Python,
> 
> I would like to install older python (version 3.6) on my venv environment
> 
> $ inxi -S
> System:
>   Host: debian
> Kernel: 5.10.0-4-amd64 x86_64
>   bits: 64
>Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5
> Distro: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid
> 
> (venv)$ python --version
> Python 3.9.2
> 
> on fedora I can easily do something like this[1], but on debian I wondering
> how I can achieve the same thing, as it look like and I guess older python
> are not available directly on repository
> 
> $ sudo apt-cache pkgnames python3.
> python3.9-venv
> python3.9-examples
> python3.9-full
> python3.9-dbg
> python3.9-dev
> python3.9-doc
> python3.9
> python3.9-minimal
> 
> If my guest are right. Could you suggest me a solution how to have multiple
> python version so I can load inside venv?
> 
> [1] https://robbinespu.gitlab.io/blog/2019/07/23/Python-36-with-VirtualEnv/
> 

As I understand the question is it

} What is the equivalent of
}   sudo dnf install python36
} so that I can do
}   virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.6 foo
}   source foo/bin/activate




Groeten
Geert Stappers
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