Skip to content

Commit fd3a215

Browse files
committed
📝 Update Python install instructions
1 parent 2bafc7a commit fd3a215

File tree

2 files changed

+10
-3
lines changed

2 files changed

+10
-3
lines changed

docs/install.rst

Lines changed: 2 additions & 3 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Installation
33

44
Installing Python can be easy. The first step is to download the latest version
55
from `www.python.org/downloads <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_. The
6-
tutorial is based on Python 3.13.0, but if you have Python 3.8 or newer
6+
tutorial is based on Python 3.13.0, but if you have Python 3.10 or newer
77
installed, this should not be a problem.
88

99
.. tab:: Linux
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ installed, this should not be a problem.
4040
pip install MOPUp`` and then regularly call ``mopup`` to get the latest
4141
version of your Python installation.
4242

43-
If older Python versions are required, for example to test libraries with
44-
:doc:`test/tox`, `python-build-standalone
43+
If older Python versions are required, `python-build-standalone
4544
<https://gregoryszorc.com/docs/python-build-standalone/main/building.html#macos>`_
4645
can be used.
4746

docs/libs/install.rst

Lines changed: 8 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ following steps:
264264
265265
Then restart the shell or call up ``source`` with your shell configuration file.
266266

267+
Python installation
268+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
269+
270+
With ``uv`` not only older CPython versions can be installed, but also, for
271+
example, `PyPy <https://pypy.org>`_ with ``uv python install [email protected]`` or
272+
free-threaded Python 3.13 with ``uv python install --python-preference
273+
only-managed 3.13t``.
274+
267275
Create project structure
268276
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
269277

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)