Why?
- I really wanted to get things done without installing stuff using sudo as much as possible.
- All I want is to get mkdocs/sphinx
- Fear of contaminating the system specified python version
- From times to times, would like to switch python versions.
How?
- Fork the github repo. https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv and follow the instructions in the Readme
- Added the configuration to .zshrc () instead of the mentioned .bash_profile
- Restart the shell or 'source ~/.zshrc'
- pyenv install x.x.x
- Get an error message saying libraries are missing.
- Refer to https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv/wiki/Common-build-problems. Install the stuff with sudo.
- pyenv install again, and it should work.
- Switch the python version with pyenv global 2.7.8.
Result?
Happiness :)