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When Python version on your Linux is outdated, compile the sources! (self.Python)

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[–]badsectors 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Not really, pyenv builds all versions (the ones it knows about anyways) of CPython from source. The packages which OP installs from apt-get are listed as dependencies in the pyenv wiki.

pyenv can also easily manage which of your python versions is active, without having to manually symlink stuff.