Getting python3.8 with macports

[Lenore Horner]

Well yes of course, but the problem was the OP didn’t know the name of the port.  The point is that there are ways to figure out what the name is.

> On Apr 17, 2021, at 12:32, dan d. <dandunfee at gmail.com> wrote:
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> "Port info portname" pulls up just the info for that item, including current version and other useful information.
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> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, Lenore Horner wrote:
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>> Even when I don???t know much about a port???s name, usually port search blah where blah is some guess at a name returns enough that I can figure out what I was really looking for.  (R is annoying though if I forget to put a space in the search).  For instance port search python 3.8 pulls up somethings with py38 in the name which suggests trying with no spaces.  Or port search python gets a lot of stuff but in there show up python37, python38, python39 etc.
>> Lenore
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>>> On Apr 16, 2021, at 18:15, Christoph Kukulies <kuku at kukulies.org> wrote:
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>>> Ah, I wasn???t aware of writing python38
>>> all in one without any interpunctuation.
>>> ???
>>> Christoph
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>>>> Am 16.04.2021 um 17:10 schrieb Christopher Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>:
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>>>> Just like how you would install any other port...
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>>>>> sudo port install python38
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>>>> gives the latest python 3.8
>>>> 
>>>> or
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>>>>> sudo port install python39
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>>>> for the latest in the 3.9 series.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 16 Apr 2021, at 3:47 pm, Christoph Kukulies <kuku at kukulies.org> wrote:
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>>>>> How can I upgrade to the latest version of python (python 3.8.x)?
>>>>> Or should I use conda or something else?
>>>>> 
>>>>> ???
>>>>> Christoph
>>>>> 
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