Build Failure: How to use Pyenv to install Python 3.8.3 on macOS Big Sur version 11.0.1?

Question

I tried using the command pyenv install 3.8.3 to install Python 3.8.3 but got a build failure error pictured below.

BUILD FAILED (OS X 11.0.1 using python-build 20180424)

Does anyone know how to make the build successful on macOS Big Sur version 11.0.1?

Answer 1

3.8.3 is far too old to support macos 11

At the time of writing, the current 3.8.x release 3.8.7 has only partial support for big sur (it will build and run, but it lacks some system library support). Full support is planned in python 3.8.8