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| Tip: Set up Python 3 and pip 3 as default | tip | python,setup | chalarangelo | blog_images/avocado-slices.jpg | A very common problem when working with Python is having to remember the correct version. Luckily, there's an easy fix for that. | 2021-06-07T12:00:00+03:00 | 2021-06-12T19:30:41+03:00 |
One of the most common headaches when working with Python is having to remember to use Python 3.x instead of Python 2.x. Luckily, it's really easy to setup Python 3 and pip 3 as the defaults. You first need to figure out where each one is installed using the which command:
which python3 # /usr/local/bin/python3
which pip3 # /usr/local/bin/pip3
Make a note of each response, so that you can add the paths as aliases to your shell environment's configuration file. Then, you can use echo to add a line for each one to either .zshrc or .bashrc depending on your environment:
# Linux or other bash environment
echo "alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias pip=/usr/local/bin/pip3" >> ~/.bashrc
# Mac OS or other zsh environment
echo "alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3" >> ~/.zshrc
echo "alias pip=/usr/local/bin/pip3" >> ~/.zshrc
And you're all done! python and pip are both mapped to their 3.x versions,