#17962 Bootstrap python by xrepo Issue created by da-tubi Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. There are no Python 3.8/3.9 in Ubuntu 22.04. I tried to use pyenv to install a Python 3.9 interpreter for Pants:

pyenv install 3.9.16

But it keeps failing because I didn't install:

tk8.6-dev
liblzma-dev
...

Describe the solution you'd like I use xrepo to install python.

$ xrepo install "python 3.9.10"
$ xrepo env -b "python 3.9.10" which python
/home/da/.xmake/packages/p/python/3.9.10/d06fa80222094670880bb9934b285f43/bin/python

I added

/home/da/.xmake/packages/p/python/3.9.10/d06fa80222094670880bb9934b285f43/bin

to PATH, and it works well for Pants. I hope there is a

<XREPO>

just like

<PYENV>

available for xrepo installed Python, so that I do not need to tune the PATH. Describe alternatives you've considered Further more, if pants can not find the suitable Python interpreter, and if

xrepo

is available as a command line, pants could invoke xrepo to install the corresponding Python interpreter. Additional context • python packages in xrepo: https://xrepo.xmake.io/#/packages/linux?id=python-linux Notice that

xrepo search python

can only find the latest support python version. And all supported python can be found in the above link. xrepo users could install python in the following ways:

xrepo install "python 3.x"
xrepo install "python 3.8"
xrepo install "python >=3.11"

pantsbuild/pants