Developers FAQ

This section contains information for users who want to extend the tox source code.

Multiple Python versions on Windows

In order to run the unit tests locally all Python versions enlisted in tox.ini need to be installed.

Note

For a nice Windows terminal take a look at cmder.

One solution for this is to install the latest conda, and then install all Python versions via conda envs. This will create separate folders for each Python version.

conda create -n python2.7 python=2.7 anaconda

For tox to find them you’ll need to:

  • add the main installation version to the systems PATH variable (e.g. D:\Anaconda - you can use patheditor2)

  • for other versions create a BAT scripts into the main installation folder to delegate the call to the correct Python interpreter:

    # python2.7.bat
@D:\Anaconda\pkgs\python-2.7.13-1\python.exe %*

This way you can also directly call from cli the matching Python version if you need to(similarly to UNIX systems), for example:

python2.7 main.py
python3.6 main.py