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25 questions linked to/from How to make 'python' program command execute Python 3?
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How to set python 3 as default interpreter in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
I am working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on EC2. I want to change the default python interpreter from python 2.7 to 3.4.0 which is installed by default.
When I do:
/home/ubuntu$ which python
/usr/bin/...
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how to tell ubuntu to use python 3.4 instead of 2.7? [duplicate]
I have python 2.7 and 3.4 versions installed.
But when I say say "python -V", it shows version as 2.7 not 3.4
How to tell ubuntu to use newest python? where is this setting configured ?
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Why can't I install Python 3.8? [duplicate]
When I try to install Python 3.8 terminal says it is done, but when I run python --version it says Python 3.7.
(base) user@admin:~$ sudo apt-get install python3.8
Reading package lists... Done
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Python 3 as default Python command [duplicate]
I am using Visual Studio Code for my Python programming and the problem that I am facing is that on terminal when I type the command python, by default Python 2.7 is loaded. So because of this I am ...
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bash: /usr/lib/command-not-found: /usr/bin/python3: bad interpreter: No such file or directory [duplicate]
Using Ubuntu 16.04, I have a problem with python3
$ python --version
Python 2.7.12
$ sudo apt-get install python3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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force to use Python 3 [duplicate]
i want to port Python Scripts to python 3. How can i force Ubuntu to use python 3 instead of python 2 which is installed, as well.
Due to the size of the project, i'd prefer not to write something ...
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How to install and use packages under a different name? [duplicate]
How do I install packages such as python3, and use them under a different name like python?
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Which Python is running? [duplicate]
I've just now installed Python 3.7 and I'd like to understand why I get the following output from bash:
g-luca@hp-notebook:~$ python3.7 -V
Python 3.7.0
g-luca@hp-notebook:~$ python3 -V
Python 3.5.2
g-...
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Could alias python=python3 in my bashrc cause problems? [duplicate]
I would like to use python3 as my default python when working with the terminal. If I added the line alias python=python3 in my ~/.bashrc, could that cause problems with other programs?
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Python3: how can I set python 3.6 as default? [duplicate]
I have installed python 3.6 in an Ubuntu 16.04 platform that had previously python 3.5
now if I check the installed version I have:
ls -l /usr/bin/python*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 24 2017 ...
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Python 3.6.1 Update System (IDLE, console..) [duplicate]
I have installed python3.6.1 I want to make it the default for the system when python is called. I also want IDLE to open to that version.
After installing python3.6.1:
Requirement already up-to-...
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how to make python3 the default python? system wide not for a specific user [duplicate]
with python 2 reaching EOL how to make python3 the default python ? ... system wide not just a specific script
should we do a symbolic link ?
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
or ...
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How do I install Python 3.6 using apt-get?
I've tried the normal way, sudo apt-get install python3.6, but... well... that didn't work.
So, how would I go about it? (I'd preferably not build it on my own)
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
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python installed in ubuntu but python command not found
I have installed python 2.7 and python 3.7 in my ubuntu 18.04 but when i
type python it shows
Command 'python' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install python3
sudo ...
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python-is-python3 package in Ubuntu 20.04 - what is it and what does it actually do?
Having used Ubuntu 18.04 for a handful of years now, and reading that Python 2 has been removed from Ubuntu 20.04, I was looking forward to using the commands python or pip rather than python3 or pip3....
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