From 067b3ee6660f1ae388155c135e2de9070a1cbf95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zanie Blue Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:37:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add some references to more details in the Python install guide (#4962) --- docs/guides/install-python.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/install-python.md b/docs/guides/install-python.md index 9c7248c8d..ee9edf3cc 100644 --- a/docs/guides/install-python.md +++ b/docs/guides/install-python.md @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ To view available and installed Python versions: $ uv python list ``` +See the [`python list`](../python-versions.html#viewing-available-python-versions) documentation for more details. + + + ## Automatic Python downloads Note that Python does not need to be explicitly installed to use uv. By default, uv will automatically download Python versions when they are required. For example, the following would download Python 3.12 if it was not installed: @@ -57,3 +61,5 @@ Note that when an automatic Python installation occurs, the `python` command wil uv will also use an existing Python installation if already present on the system. There's no configuration necessary for this behavior, uv will use the system Python if it satisfies the requirements of the command invocation. To force uv to use the system Python, provide the `--python-preference only-system` option. + +See the [Python version preference](../python-versions.html#adjusting-python-version-preferences) documentation for more details.