
There are a number of different ways to get Python 3 installed on RHEL. Other tips and FAQs for working with Python and software collections on RHEL 7 are also covered. Using Python virtual environments is a best practice to isolate project-specific dependencies and create reproducible environments. Note: For RHEL 8 installs, See Python on RHEL 8. After following the steps in this article, you should be in a good position to follow many Python guides and tutorials using RHEL. If you don’t need Python 2.7 on your system then here is the command to remove it: sudo apt remove python2-minimalĬategories Ubuntu Tags python, ubuntu, ubuntu 18.04, ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.This article shows how to install Python 3, pip, venv, virtualenv, and pipenv on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Note: Make sure you already have enabled the universe repo given in Step 2 of this article and have Python 2 on your system. Now, if you are also interested in Pip 2 then here are the commands to follow. To select, just enter the number given corresponding to each version path under the Selection column and hit the Enter key. You will get something like the below screenshot with the choice to set one at the priority. In the future, if you want to set Python 3 as default or first version in the priority list, simply update the alternatives list, using this command: sudo update-alternatives -config python Now, check the default version: python -V

Sudo update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 2 sudo update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2 1 Thus, we change the priority and set Python2 at the top so that it could call by applications as the default version. However, by default, the system will give priority to Python3, and that’s when we run python command it will give an error: Command 'python' not found, did you mean:Ĭommand 'python' from deb python-is-python3 You will see both python 2.7 and 3 on your Ubuntu 20.04 Linux. See all available Python version on the systemĪs we know Ubuntu 20.04 comes out of the box with Python 3 thus, let’s check what are the available versions of Python are on our system. To view the current version of Python on your system run: python2 -VĤ. Once done with the above command, its time to install Python 2.7 version on Ubuntu Linux, for that, follow this syntax: sudo apt install python2-minimal It is quite possible that your system would already have the Universe repository, still run the below command to add or confirm it.

Open a command terminalĪlthough everybody is familiar with how to run the command terminal, however, those who don’t know can use the shortcut key combination i.e Ctrl+Alt+T. Uninstall (optional) Install Python 2.7 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux and make it default 1.
