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Julius Danek
4,935 PointsIs it possible to use several version of Python on one machine?
I am using Python 2.7 for a course I am taking at school but I would like to use Python 3 so I can follow the courses at Treehouse concurrently. How would that work? Will my installing Python 3 alter my existing installations? (Currently using the Amazon Spyder IDE)
3 Answers
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherYou can have multiple versions, yes. I generally prefer pyenv for this. I currently have...4? versions available.
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsI had two versions so you should be able too.
Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsI just had two versions on windows , so i had like python 2 and then i had python 3 in another icon .
Sean T. Unwin
28,660 PointsYes you can.
After both versions are installed (2.x and 3.x), then typically, to run Python 3 from the command line you would type python3 to start it, whereas Python 2 is simply, python.
I am unsure how this will affect your IDE, if at all.
Julius Danek
4,935 PointsJulius Danek
4,935 PointsOh and I am using Mac OS X