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You can try to pyenv(under active development) instead of pythonbrew.

pythonbrew is the Python environments manager. it's easy to switch between them.

Inspired by perlbrew and rvm.

The recommended way to download from each releases and put it somewhere in your PATH.

Or you can get as below

go get -u github.com/utahta/pythonbrew/cmd/pythonbrew

Typically, pythonbrew install packages into ~/.pythonbrew.
If you want to install packages into somewhere else, you can do that by setting a PYTHONBREW_ROOT environment variable

export PYTHONBREW_ROOT=/path/to/.pythonbrew

Add the following line at the end of the ~/.bashrc file

eval"$(pythonbrew init)"

Add the following line at the end of the ~/.zshrc file

eval"$(pythonbrew init)"

pythonbrew(pybrew) command [options]

Install some pythons

pythonbrew install 3.6.4 pythonbrew install -v 3.6.4 pythonbrew install -f 3.6.4 pythonbrew install -C "CFLAGS=-I/path/to/include" -C "LDFLAGS=-L/path/to/lib" 3.6.4 pythonbrew install --no-ensurepip 3.6.4 pythonbrew install --no-symlink 3.6.4 pythonbrew install https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.4/Python-3.6.4.tgz pythonbrew install 2.7.14 3.6.4 

Use a specific Python version permanently

pythonbrew switch 2.7.14 pythonbrew switch 3.6.4 

Use a specific Python version in the current shell

pythonbrew use 3.6.4 

List all installed Python versions

pythonbrew list 

List all known installable Python versions

pythonbrew list -k 

Uninstall specific Python versions

pythonbrew uninstall 2.7.14 

Disable pythonbrew

pythonbrew off 

Manage environments (using virtualenv)

pythonbrew venv proj # Create proj if not exists, Use proj if exists pythonbrew venv -p 2.7.14 proj2 pythonbrew venv -l pythonbrew venv --rm proj 

Remove all cache

pythonbrew cleanup 

Update pythonbrew to the latest version

pythonbrew update 

Show version

pythonbrew -v 

See more details

pythonbrew -h pythonbrew <command> -h 

apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev 

yum install zlib-devel openssl-devel readline-devel 

brew install openssl brew install readline 

rm /path/to/pythonbrew rm -rf ~/.pythonbrew

Remove eval "$(pythonbrew init)" line at the setup file.