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Python Setting Up a Local Python Environment Installing Python and Python Libraries Locally Installing Python 3 on Mac OS X

Julius Danek
Julius Danek
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Posted by Julius Danek
Julius Danek
4,935 Points

Is 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)

Julius Danek
Julius Danek
4,935 Points
Julius Danek
Julius Danek
4,935 Points

Oh and I am using Mac OS X

3 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You can have multiple versions, yes. I generally prefer pyenv for this. I currently have...4? versions available.

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
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Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

I had two versions so you should be able too.

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
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Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

I just had two versions on windows , so i had like python 2 and then i had python 3 in another icon .

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
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Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,688 Points

Yes 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.