From 5221c4aeeaa58bd40266db0d33250820a0cf1836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ville=20Skytt=C3=A4?= Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2020 18:19:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: note optional bash extension build Borrowed from rbenv. --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc78f1b8..46e150a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ easy to fork and contribute any changes back upstream. git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv.git ~/.pyenv + Optionally, try to compile dynamic bash extension to speed up pyenv. Don't + worry if it fails; pyenv will still work normally: + + cd ~/.pyenv && src/configure && make -C src 2. **Define environment variable `PYENV_ROOT`** to point to the path where pyenv repo is cloned and add `$PYENV_ROOT/bin` to your `$PATH` for access