The command python is not found.
This is where python3 is installed.
~ which python3 /usr/bin/python3 How do I get the command python to mean python3?
asked Aug 16, 2022 at 19:51
Bear Bile Farming is Torture
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- 1It depends on the shell you're using. For bash/zsh, see stackoverflow.com/questions/8967843/…pho– pho2022-08-16 19:53:26 +00:00Commented Aug 16, 2022 at 19:53
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You can either create an alias in your shell or symlink the python3 binary to python. Symlinking is easier and will work no matter which shell or virtual environment you are using. Just run this command:
ln -s $(which python3) /usr/local/bin/python 6 Comments
Bear Bile Farming is Torture
After the symlinking i get this error:
xcode-select: Failed to locate 'python', requesting installation of command line developer tools.
Michael M.
You need to install the command line developer tools. They're just basic tools you'll need for development, regardless of language.
Ben Davis
Why would you need to install developer tools? If
python3 works fine, and /usr/local/bin/python is symlinked to the same binary, why shouldn't that just work?Michael M.
@BenDavis Even if
python3 is found, installing the developer tools can't hurt. At least on my machine, the developer tools link python to Python 2.7.16. This answer should be an extension of what the developer tools give you.
PainIsAMaster
Question: Is it necessary to create the "link_path" (not the target_path aka $(which python3)) in the /usr/local/bin directory? could you use /usr/bin or /opt or some other directory path and it would still work flawlessly?
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You can add an alias in your shell.
NOTE: be careful with this, though, because if you're using a virtual environment, it doesn't always play nice with aliases you've defined outside the environment.
For example, if you use bash, you can add the following line to your ~/.bashrc file:
alias python=python3 