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Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsChange python interpreter in Terminal
Hey guys, my python interpreter in my terminal has defaulted to 3.5.2 but I want to change it to 3.6.2, does anyone have any ideas of how I could do this?
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Michael Hulet
47,912 PointsThe usual way to do this is to just install the new version of Python on top of the old version. You can download the new version from the official downloads page
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Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsThanks, but I already have them both installed, I should have been a bit clearer.
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Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsI have managed to resolve it but I am not sure how I did it.. I will not complain though!
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Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsJust realised that the problem lies with the Vagrant VM I am running and that it is running Python 3.5.2 whereas my system runs 3.6.2 and therefore some modules aren't there for the VM Python but are for when I build stuff.
Josh Keenan
19,652 PointsJosh Keenan
19,652 PointsTo clarify I have both versions installed already and have been using 3.6.2 as my interpreter in Pycharm for a while now, but just realised that in my terminal my version is 3.5.2 still