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UNVERSIONED-PYTHON

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NAME

unversioned-python − info on how to set up the ‘python‘ command.

SYNOPSIS

unversioned-python

DESCRIPTION

unversioned-python The "unversioned" ‘python‘ command (/usr/bin/python) is missing by default. We recommend using ‘python3‘ or ‘python2‘ instead. If using the explicit versioned command is inconvenient, you can use ‘alternatives‘ to configure ‘python‘ to launch either Python 3 or Python 2.

Note: The ‘python3‘ or ‘python2‘ package needs to be installed before its functionality is selected.

EXAXPLES

alternatives --config python

Interactively select what the ‘python‘ command runs.

alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3

Configure the ‘python‘ command to run Python 3

Note: this is non-standard behavior according to [PEP 394].

alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python2

Configure the ‘python‘ command to run Python 2

Note: please review the support lifecycle of python2 before relying on it

alternatives --auto python

Undo configuration changes and revert to the default (missing ‘python‘ command)

LINKS

[PEP 394]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/