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Installing Pyenv-Win on Windows machine
I used pyenv-win a long time ago and I felt that it was not quite stable to use because I found so many errors and issues when using it and then stopped to use it. A few days ago I tried it again on my new laptop and I feel it has improved a lot since the last time. Now it’s become my default all-purpose python installation since pyenv-win enables your machine to have multiple python versions.
Install using Powershell (the easiest way)
Open a new powershell and run it as administrator. By following this reference (you may check the latest commands), you can execute this command to start installing pyenv-win:
Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win/master/pyenv-win/install-pyenv-win.ps1" -OutFile "./install-pyenv-win.ps1"; &"./install-pyenv-win.ps1"
But if the command gives you an error like install-pyenv-win.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system
`, you can enable the execution policy first by executing this command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine
The above command will ask your confirmation and just enter ‘Yes’ to process.

Then re-execute the installation command. After it is installed successfully, confirm the installation by opening a new cmd/powershell window and check the pyenv version using:
pyenv --version
Installing a python version using pyenv
Try use pyenv install -l
to view the list of available and installable version. Let’s say I want to install python 3.8
and I find 3.8.10
is the latest patch available for the version. To install it, we can use this command:
pyenv install 3.8.10
Then you can check if the installed version is listed in the system by using pyenv versions
.
Setting a python version as the global version installation
You can check the current global python version before and after setting a global version.
pyenv global
fresh pyenv installation should give you no global version configured
message. Now set it to version 3.8.10
:
pyenv global 3.8.10
After setting a global version, now you can confirm it by checking the python version using python --version
or entering the python shell.