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At time of writing, alpha version 3.8.0a4 of python is available. I would like to do some testing in a conda env before it is GA (for both educational purposes and to satisfy some curiosities).
When trying to conda install 3.8 I am getting a PackagesNotFoundError error. Are alpha/beta versions of python simply unavailable through conda channels or is there perhaps an alternate conda channel where this might be found?
I know the latest version can be found on python.org in downloads/release but was really hoping for availability in a conda channel, if possible.
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Conda treats Python the same as any other package, so it is easy to manage and update multiple installations. Anaconda supports Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10. The current default is Python 3.9.
Install that version using "make install". Install all other versions using "make altinstall". For example, if you want to install Python 2.5, 2.6 and 3.0 with 2.6 being the primary version, you would execute "make install" in your 2.6 build directory and "make altinstall" in the others.
3.8.0a3 can be downloaded using conda-forge, which is a custom channel for conda. You can see the package listed here, with version 3.8.0a3 being labelled as pre-3.8. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like 3.8.0a4 is available yet.
conda install -c conda-forge/label/pre-3.8 python
There is an open issue on conda-forge for adding 3.8.0a4.
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