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https://brain2life.hashnode.dev/how-to-install-pyenv-python-version-manager-on-ubuntu-2004

Install all required prerequisite dependencies

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm \
libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev

Download and execute installation script

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

Add the following entries into your ~/.bashrc file:

# pyenv
export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

Restart your shell:

exec $SHELL

Validate installation:

pyenv --version

Uninstallation

Remove the ~/.pyenv folder

rm -fr ~/.pyenv

Delete the following entries from your ~/.bashrc file

export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

Restart your shell

exec $SHELL
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