How do I create a virtual environment using pyenv?

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Also see:
pyenv help
How do I install the python multiple version management tool pyenv?

Create a virtual environment using pyenv, using version 3.8-dev of python.

$ pyenv virtualenv 3.8-dev eng_update
Looking in links: /tmp/tmpdocrlo65
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in /home/trainer/.pyenv/versions/3.8-dev/envs/eng_update/lib/python3.8/site-packages (49.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pip in /home/trainer/.pyenv/versions/3.8-dev/envs/eng_update/lib/python3.8/site-packages (20.2.3)

Activate the environment and Check some commands. Note that local here is the name of your work directory and not the version of python.

$ pyenv local eng_update
(eng_update) $ pyenv which python
/home/trainer/.pyenv/versions/eng_update/bin/python
(eng_update) $ pyenv which pip
/home/trainer/.pyenv/versions/eng_update/bin/pip
(eng_update) $