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The description here says that 12.04 ships with python 3.2.3 as well. What command do I run to get this? Running python -v or python2 -V or python2.7 -V all give me the same result 2.7.3. There are no other commands with the name python available. Do I have to install it?

Note: I am not interested in setting python 3.2 as my default interpreter, I just want to know that if it ships, what command runs it.

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sudo apt-get install python3

Then

python3
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Thanks, I guess I do have to install it and it doesn't really come installed. – kniwor May 10 '12 at 3:16
Yeah, I checked it when I saw your post. It was not installed on my 64bit system by default. I havent checked my 32bit laptop yet. – Matt Barnes May 10 '12 at 3:29

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