Update installation.md Python 3 command to python3
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When following the instructions on macOS, after installing the recommended version of Python from python.org, I found that the Python 3 executable is `python3`, not `python`. Some quick internet searching suggests that `python3` is probably the most reliable command to run across multiple OSes.
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@mrxz @vincentfretin Any thoughts? |
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It's the same on latest ubuntu, at least on 22.04, there is no python alias anymore (that was pointing to python2), you need to execute python3 command or python2 explicitly. |
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As far as I've encountered, it's common to have I agree with @vincentfretin that we should just list the python3 command and remove the old one. |
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@daj can we switch to |
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@dmarcos I updated it, please let me know if I need to make any other changes. |
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Thanks @dan and congrats on your first contribution 👏 |
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* Update installation.md Python 3 command to `python3` When following the instructions on macOS, after installing the recommended version of Python from python.org, I found that the Python 3 executable is `python3`, not `python`. Some quick internet searching suggests that `python3` is probably the most reliable command to run across multiple OSes. * Update installation.md
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Description:
When following the instructions on macOS 15.4, after installing the recommended version of Python from python.org, I found that the Python 3 executable is
python3, notpython.Some quick internet searching suggests that
python3is probably the most reliable command to run across multiple OSes.I confirmed the command seems to work as expected:
Changes proposed:
Simple docs change from
pythontopython3.