Install Python — install_python • reticulate

Download and install Python, using the pyenv. and pyenv-win projects.

install_python(version, list = FALSE, force = FALSE)

Arguments

version	The version of Python to install.
list	Boolean; if set, list the set of available Python versions?
force	Boolean; force re-installation even if the requested version of Python is already installed?

Details

In general, it is recommended that Python virtual environments are created using the copies of Python installed by install_python(). For example:

library(reticulate)
version <- "3.8.7"
install_python(version = version)
virtualenv_create("my-environment", python_version = version)
use_virtualenv("my-environment", required = TRUE)