python installed in ubuntu but python command not found
I have installed python 2.7 and python 3.7 in my ubuntu 18.04 but when i
type python it shows
Command 'python' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install python3 sudo apt install python sudo apt install python-minimal You also have python3 installed, you can run 'python3' instead.but i already installed python.
43 Answers
As suggested in comments, you could create an alias as follows:
alias python='python3'by adding it to the ~/.bashrc file at the end of this file, exiting and reloading it in the current terminal using the next command: . ~/.bashrc
Or using linking:
As you can see below, my python points to python2, python2 points to python2.7.
To achieve the same, use:
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python2
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/pythonIf you want python pointing to 3rd version, you could use the same, but the last command should be:
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/pythonExample
$ whereis python
python: /usr/bin/python3.7 /usr/bin/python2.7-config /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python3.7m-config /usr/bin/python3.7-config /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python3.7m /usr/lib/python3.7 /usr/lib/python2.7 /usr/lib/python3.8 /etc/python3.7 /etc/python2.7 /etc/python /usr/local/lib/python3.7 /usr/local/lib/python2.7 /usr/include/python3.7 /usr/include/python2.7 /usr/include/python3.7m /usr/share/python /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
user@lenovo:~$ ls -ailh /usr/bin/python*
1446954 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 жов 10 14:32 /usr/bin/python -> python2
1446952 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 жов 10 14:32 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7
1465834 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3,6M лис 7 12:07 /usr/bin/python2.7
1447155 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 лис 7 12:07 /usr/bin/python2.7-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python2.7-config
1447156 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 жов 10 14:32 /usr/bin/python2-config -> python2.7-config
1442842 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 лют 12 00:23 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.7
1449245 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,9M лис 20 11:21 /usr/bin/python3.7
1447339 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 лис 20 11:21 /usr/bin/python3.7-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7-config
1449245 -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,9M лис 20 11:21 /usr/bin/python3.7m
1447340 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 лис 20 11:21 /usr/bin/python3.7m-config -> x86_64-linux-gnu-python3.7m-config
1447341 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 жов 2 15:31 /usr/bin/python3-config -> python3.7-config
1442843 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 384 січ 30 2019 /usr/bin/python3-futurize
1442847 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 лют 12 00:23 /usr/bin/python3m -> python3.7m
1447342 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 жов 2 15:31 /usr/bin/python3m-config -> python3.7m-config
1442844 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 388 січ 30 2019 /usr/bin/python3-pasteurize
1447157 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 жов 10 14:32 /usr/bin/python-config -> python2-config
1455649 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 58 лип 10 2019 /usr/bin/pythontex -> ../share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/pythontex/pythontex.py
1450999 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 306 лип 10 2019 /usr/bin/pythontex3This solution only applies to Ubuntu 20.04 (but sometimes people look at "similar issues" for a solution).
In the case you like python to refer to python3, you can simply install python-is-python3:
sudo apt-get install python-is-python3After this, invoking python will work just fine.
I had same error
Ubuntu:/$ python
Command 'python' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install python3
sudo apt install python
sudo apt install python-minimal
You also have python3 installed, you can run 'python3' instead.you can try
Ubuntu:/$ python2.7
Python 2.7.17 (default, Nov 7 2019, 10:07:09)
[GCC 7.4.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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>>> this How to make 'python' program command execute Python 3? would help to make python alias.
