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Installation from source - setting python interpreter version (#3995) 

explicit instructions for setting python interpreter when installing from source via git
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James Rowell 2018-07-29 09:50:09 +01:00 committed by TW
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@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ While we try not to break master, there are no guarantees on anything. ::
# get borg from github
git clone https://github.com/borgbackup/borg.git
virtualenv --python=python3 borg-env
# create a virtual environment
virtualenv --python=${which python3} borg-env
source borg-env/bin/activate # always before using!
# install borg + dependencies into virtualenv
@ -338,4 +339,15 @@ While we try not to break master, there are no guarantees on anything. ::
# requires fakeroot, available through your package manager
fakeroot -u tox
By default the system installation of python will be used. If you need to use a different version of Python you can install this using ``pyenv``: ::
...
# create a virtual environment
pyenv install 3.6.0
pyenv global 3.6.0
pyenv local 3.6.0
virtualenv --python=${pyenv which python} borg-env
source borg-env/bin/activate # always before using!
...
.. note:: As a developer or power user, you always want to use a virtual environment.