Python 3.8 install

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Thu Nov 7 12:52:48 EST 2019


On 11/7/2019 11:59 AM, MRAB wrote:
> On 2019-11-07 13:52, Daniel wrote:
>> How to install Python 3.8 on top of Python 3.6?
>>
> Don't do that.
> 
> If you're using Windows, you install into a separate folder, usually 
> called Python36 for Python 3.6 and Python38 for Python 3.8.

Both the Windows and macOS installers put each version in separate 
directories by default.  On Windows, I change the patch to my Python 
directory but leave the final directory name, Pythonxy, alone.  On 
macOS, I don't touch the path.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy



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