I'm not just looking for the version but specifically the distribution, i.e. whether it's Anaconda, Python(x,y), etc.
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1Did either of these answers help? If so, make sure to mark one as correct!Engineero– Engineero2017-05-25 15:28:36 +00:00Commented May 25, 2017 at 15:28
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From my comment below, they work on my computer with an Anaconda distribution, but not for two others I'm working with. On one I get "Python 2.6.6" with nothing else and on the other, I get: unknown error: -- -e -r -s...jss367– jss3672017-05-26 13:00:21 +00:00Commented May 26, 2017 at 13:00
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I've since removed whatever distributions I had at the time and installed Anaconda, so it's a moot point now (at least for me)jss367– jss3672017-05-26 13:02:06 +00:00Commented May 26, 2017 at 13:02
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So the one that just says Python 2.6.6 was probably because you had a native Python distribution, not Anaconda. For the error I'm guessing either Python wasn't installed or was not in your path. Sounds like you got it now though so good!Engineero– Engineero2017-05-26 13:17:48 +00:00Commented May 26, 2017 at 13:17
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Open a terminal (or command line on Windows) and type python --version or python -V (capital "V" for the second one). For instance, on my Windows machine this returns:
Python 3.4.4 :: Anaconda 4.0.0 (64-bit)
Unless I'm in my Python 2.7 virtual env, in which case it returns:
Python 2.7.11 :: Anaconda 4.0.0 (64-bit)
which python tells you where the binary is located, but often does not give you much of an idea about which version it is (although if it's in an anaconda folder, you know it's anaconda, and that sort of thing).
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A few solutions:
- Open a terminal, type
python, and see what it says in the preamble. - In linux, type
which python - On windows, type
where python
