Setting up Python...

Setting up Python.

Install pyenv

1. Download

curl -L https://raw.github.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer/master/bin/pyenv-installer | bash

2. Setup environment variables and initialiaze in your profile.

$ echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
$ echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile

3. Restart your shell.

$ exec $SHELL

4. Install your choice of python

pyenv install 3.5.2

5. Set as the current (global) version of python

pyenv global 3.5.2

6. Install the  virtual environment plugin

pyenv-virtualenv


7. create a virtual environment

pyenv virtualenv protovima

8. Activate it.

pyenv virtualenv protovima

NOTE With python 3.5 you should install:

sudo apt-get install curl git-core gcc make zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev