How do I fix the Python “version error” on Command Prompt?
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The image above shows that there is some error. I don't understand the error here as I already have Python installed. The same error occurs when I open a file using 'python filename.py'. How do I fix this?
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The image above shows that there is some error. I don't understand the error here as I already have Python installed. The same error occurs when I open a file using 'python filename.py'. How do I fix this?
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The image above shows that there is some error. I don't understand the error here as I already have Python installed. The same error occurs when I open a file using 'python filename.py'. How do I fix this?
windows
The image above shows that there is some error. I don't understand the error here as I already have Python installed. The same error occurs when I open a file using 'python filename.py'. How do I fix this?
windows
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you need to add Python in Environmental Variables in Windows ;)
Follow this here or check the Python manual on the official page here
Here also a full screen to follow:
where the path should be your python's Script folder considering the path if you change or use a custom installation. If you install through the .exe tool it usually allows you configure this on install (or during install).
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python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories inPATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.
– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
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you need to add Python in Environmental Variables in Windows ;)
Follow this here or check the Python manual on the official page here
Here also a full screen to follow:
where the path should be your python's Script folder considering the path if you change or use a custom installation. If you install through the .exe tool it usually allows you configure this on install (or during install).
1
python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories inPATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.
– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
add a comment |
up vote
3
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you need to add Python in Environmental Variables in Windows ;)
Follow this here or check the Python manual on the official page here
Here also a full screen to follow:
where the path should be your python's Script folder considering the path if you change or use a custom installation. If you install through the .exe tool it usually allows you configure this on install (or during install).
1
python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories inPATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.
– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
add a comment |
up vote
3
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up vote
3
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you need to add Python in Environmental Variables in Windows ;)
Follow this here or check the Python manual on the official page here
Here also a full screen to follow:
where the path should be your python's Script folder considering the path if you change or use a custom installation. If you install through the .exe tool it usually allows you configure this on install (or during install).
you need to add Python in Environmental Variables in Windows ;)
Follow this here or check the Python manual on the official page here
Here also a full screen to follow:
where the path should be your python's Script folder considering the path if you change or use a custom installation. If you install through the .exe tool it usually allows you configure this on install (or during install).
edited Nov 11 at 11:03
answered Nov 11 at 10:51
oetoni
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python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories inPATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.
– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
add a comment |
1
python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories inPATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.
– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
1
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python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories in
PATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
python.exe is located in the base installation directory, not the "Scripts" subdirectory -- except in a venv virtual environment. I know it's silly to require both directories in
PATH
. It's also silly that the directory is named "Scripts" instead of "bin". These quirks are legacies from the original port to Windows NT in the 1990s.– eryksun
Nov 11 at 15:02
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
@eryksun you are more than right! :) I wanted a very fast screen shot just to illustrate the location and thus I simply took the one on my laptop
– oetoni
Nov 11 at 22:50
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