Using Different versions of python with pipx | pyenv

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I love using pipx for automatic virtual environment management of my globally installed python cli applications, but sometimes the application is not compatible with your globally installed pipx

Which version of python is pipx using??

This one was not obvious to me at first, please let me know if there is a better way. I am pretty certain that this is not the ideal way, but it works.

My first technique was to make a package that printed out sys.version.

# what version of python does the global pipx use?
pipx run --spec git+https://github.com/waylonwalker/pyvers pyvers

# what version of python does the local pipx use?
python -m pipx run --spec git+https://github.com/waylonwalker/pyvers pyvers

Let's setup some other versions of python with pyenv

If you don't already have pyenv installed, you can follow their install instructions to get it.

pyenv install 3.8.13
pyenv install 3.10.5

export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true

pyenv global 3.10.5
pip install pipx
pipx run --spec git+https://github.com/waylonwalker/pyvers pyvers

3.10.5 (main, Jun  6 2022, 18:49:26) [GCC 12.1.0]

pyenv global 3.8.13
pip install pipx
pipx run --spec git+https://github.com/waylonwalker/pyvers pyvers

3.8.13 (default, Aug  8 2022, 21:06:56)
[GCC 12.1.0]