# Python version for Soapy build

**URL:** <https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/python-version-for-soapy-build/8391>\
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**Created:** [25 July 2024 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/python-version-for-soapy-build/8391 "2024-07-25T16:48:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 July 2024 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/python-version-for-soapy-build/8391/1 "2024-07-25T16:48:51Z")

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I build SoapySDR from source and although I have both Python 3.11 and 3.6 on my system, SoapySDR builds for Python3.6. Is there a clean and simple way to specify (like a cmake flag) the python version to build with?