So currently, I have ubuntu 19. And it comes by default with python 3.7.5. I need to downgrade to 3.6.5.
EDIT:
I am using virtualenv
We can remove and install the required version of Python to downgrade it. First, we need to download the package from the official website and install it. Then, we need to go to the Frameworks\Python. framework\Versions directory and remove the version which is not needed.
The following talks about upgrade from 3.6.7 to 3.7.0 but you can use the same process for downgrade. You should not change the system python unless you really know what you're doing
Installlation Instructions are here
$ pyenv
pyenv 1.2.14
Usage: pyenv <command> [<args>]
Some useful pyenv commands are:
commands List all available pyenv commands
activate Activate virtual environment
commands List all available pyenv commands
deactivate Deactivate virtual environment
doctor Verify pyenv installation and deevlopment tools to build pythons.
exec Run an executable with the selected Python version
global Set or show the global Python version
help Display help for a command
hooks List hook scripts for a given pyenv command
init Configure the shell environment for pyenv
install Install a Python version using python-build
local Set or show the local application-specific Python version
prefix Display prefix for a Python version
rehash Rehash pyenv shims (run this after installing executables)
root Display the root directory where versions and shims are kept
shell Set or show the shell-specific Python version
shims List existing pyenv shims
uninstall Uninstall a specific Python version
--version Display the version of pyenv
version Show the current Python version and its origin
version-file Detect the file that sets the current pyenv version
version-name Show the current Python version
version-origin Explain how the current Python version is set
versions List all Python versions available to pyenv
virtualenv Create a Python virtualenv using the pyenv-virtualenv plugin
virtualenv-delete Uninstall a specific Python virtualenv
virtualenv-init Configure the shell environment for pyenv-virtualenv
virtualenv-prefix Display real_prefix for a Python virtualenv version
virtualenvs List all Python virtualenvs found in `$PYENV_ROOT/versions/*'.
whence List all Python versions that contain the given executable
which Display the full path to an executable
See `pyenv help <command>' for information on a specific command.
For full documentation, see: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#readme
$ pyenv versions
system
* 3.6.7 (set by /home/taarimalta/.pyenv/version)
$ pyenv install 3.7.0
Installing Python-3.7.0...
WARNING: The Python bz2 extension was not compiled. Missing the bzip2 lib?
WARNING: The Python readline extension was not compiled. Missing the GNU readline lib?
WARNING: The Python sqlite3 extension was not compiled. Missing the SQLite3 lib?
Installed Python-3.7.0 to /home/taarimalta/.pyenv/versions/3.7.0
If you run into an issue with _ctypes install libffi-dev library
$ pyenv versions
system
* 3.6.7 (set by /home/taarimalta/.pyenv/version)
3.7.0
$ pyenv local 3.7.0
$ pyenv versions
system
3.6.7
* 3.7.0 (set by /home/taarimalta/.python-version)
$ python
Python 3.7.0 (default, Jan 1 2020, 10:52:57)
[GCC 9.2.1 20191008] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
cd ../project2
pyenv versions
system
* 3.6.7 (set by /home/taarimalta/.pyenv/version)
3.7.0
The python version may be different here depending on which python version you have set locally
This globally sets a python version for a user
pyenv global 3.7.0
Note that pyenv sets local version by adding a .python-version file
$ pyenv local 3.7.0
$ cat .python-version
3.7.0
Note that pyenv knows the global version by looking at the ~/.pyenv/version
file
cat ~/.pyenv/version
3.8.2
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