Install python version under a different name

[KenMacD]

What I would like is to install multiple copies of the same version of python, with different build options.

My current solution for this is to download the python-build script and build with
PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="..." python-build -v 2.7.8 ~/.pyenv/versions/2.7.8-custom1
but what I would rather do is something like
PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="..." pyenv install 2.7.8 2.7.8-custom1
I think this would most closely match the way virtualenvs are created.

[yyuu]

There is a plugin s1341/pyenv-alias (see also #167). With the plugin, you can give a custom name for building version. Please give it a try.

env VERSION_ALIAS="2.7.8-custom1" PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="..." pyenv install 2.7.8

[yyuu]

This can be solved with using pyenv-alias plugin.

[nchepanov]

This can be solved with using pyenv-alias plugin.

Unfortunately not anymore: s1341/pyenv-alias#3 (comment)

I install the same version on Python on my M1 macbook twice: once with arch -x86_64 and once without. This way I can use Python packages that don't provide aarch64 wheels, e.g.

VERSION_ALIAS="3.11.4_x86" arch -x86_64 pyenv install 3.11.4

Is there a new workaround 6 years later with the modern version of pyenv

[ZmicierGT]

@nchepanov I have the same issue. Seems that this plugin does not work any more.

[13n1n]

How about reopen issue, please?

[native-api]

#2966