This version relies on locally installed packages, most of which also come from RPMs, some of which are usually somewhat outdated. Now load the module for Python 3.*, and try again (note for python 3, you will need to use the 'python3' ~]# module load ~]# which ~]# python3 -VĬentOS 7 comes with /usr/bin/python (version 2.7). Observe the effect of the module ~]# which python But if you have pre-existing code that uses, for example, '#!/usr/bin/env python', you will want 'python' to point to the right version. For example, /usr/local/bin contains 'python#.#' for each specific version. The most significant advantage to using a module file is that the command 'python' becomes associated with the appropriate binary. You may use whichever you prefer or find more convenient. We've configured our CentOS 7 system to be compatible with either usage of /usr/local/bin symlinks, or with module files.

To understand what effect running a module file has, see it's corresponding module file in /usr/local/etc/modulefiles/. stow/python-3.*/bin/python3.*Īlternatively, you can load each version of Python's respective module (see Module System): These are symlinks to their full installation trees in /usr/local/stow/. In most cases, you'll want to use one of our custom-built installations: There are several options for using Python in CentOS 7.

For example, in python 3.*, the * could be substituted for 6 for Python 3.6, and so on. * refers to any available minor version of the major version (Python 2 and Python 3 are major).

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