How to install python3.9 with conda?

Question

I\'m trying to install python 3.9 in a conda enviroment. I tried creating a new conda env using the following command,

conda create --name myenv python=3.9
         


        

Answer 1

On 6-Oct-2020, Python 3.9 was made available on conda-forge: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/python. However, most of the other packages (including some of the essentials to create a basic environment) didn't explicitly support Python 3.9 yet.

However (as of 15-Oct-2020), the basic dependencies appear to have been fixed and the following command now works:

conda create -c conda-forge python=3.9 -n py39-demo