A brief guide on managing multiple Python versions using conda instead of system package managers. Simple advice for clean Python environment management on Linux and Mac.

July 7, 2020 · 1 min · 59 words

If you are running a Linux or Mac machine and would like to run multiple versions of Python, you probably have been told that you need to stop trying to use package managers to run Python.

That is correct.

I recommend installing miniconda at the user level and then using conda to install the version of Python you like.