How to change the python version to ubuntu
I installed ubuntu, as I understood it, along with python2. 7 installed in the folder /home/user/. local/lib I installed python3. 5 after which I download all sorts of libraries via pip, in particular scipy, and it is installed in the folder python2.7, and I do not use the 2nd version of python.
Help me either remove python 2.7, or prioritize 3.5. I can't find enough information in Google to solve it.
3 answers
Use pip3 or python3 -m pip to run pip for Python 3
$ pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /home/r033/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (python 3.5)
$ python3 -m pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /home/r033/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (python 3.5)
You can also install the libraries through the Ubuntu repositories, if they are there.
sudo apt install python3-scipy
Try running pip like this:
sudo python3 -m pip
P.S. A scipy for python3 in ubuntu can be put like this:
sudo apt-get install python3-scipy
If I understand you correctly, it will help you:
sudo ln -sf python3 /usr/bin/python
This command will replace the python reference in /usr/bin
After that, when python starts, the python3 interpreter will open