Hi
I just want to install mercurial but for all versions it needs python 2.6, I tried to use .rpm file but the only thing I got is lots of lines full of error which tells: need old versions before 2.6 and after 2.5 which is installed on my linux. any help would be appreciated.
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Go to ActiveState and download their versions: https://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads
It's much easier than using the .rpms.
Which distribution are you using? I would recommend you to upgrade your system to a newer version of your linux distro, whatever it is. Modern Linux distros are using at least python2.6 now.
If you do not want to upgrade your system with various reasons, ActiveState's python version as stated in Jasie's answer is good for your cause. It installs python in your system without breaking anything, just you have to add some lines in your .bashrc to force system find your ActiveState python installation before the system's python.
Another alternative would be installing earlier version of mercurial which supports the python version installed on your system. But I would not recommend you to do so..
Among these, my suggestion is upgrading your system to a merely "up-to-date" version, so that python2.6 or higher is installed on your system.
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I've run into some problems while trying to download packages with pip. Namely, when I run
pip install "dask[complete]"
on MacOS Catalina 10.15.7. Specifically, the package that throws this error is psutil.
I run into an #error: architecture not supported message. I believe this is because the installer is looking for the MacOS 10.14.6 SDKs, but I am on 10.15.7. One user on this post stated that installing a new Python 3 fixed the issue. Maybe this is because the newer Python comes with a cached version of the package that uses the MacOS 10.15.7 SDKs.
I'm guessing that there might be two solutions to this issue:
Download a non-cached version of psutil, which might be compatible with the version of Python I'm using as well as MacOS Catalina.
Download a newer version of Python 3, namely 3.8.5+, and replace the Xcode Python 3 with this version, enabling me to stay up-to-date with current Python and packages.
I'm wary of the second method because of any possible dependencies I will lose while updating, and I've also been made very aware through research that generally speaking, you don't want to mess with system Python installations.
I'm not opposed to being walked through the first solution, if it would indeed solve the problem, but am very curious about the second solution, again, if it is possible. If neither approach would work out as intended, has anyone encountered this issue and resolved it without using a fresh, SEPARATE install of Python? I don't really want to start messing with virtual environments, but if I must, I supposed I will just download PyCharm and restart there.
EDIT: After continuing to try to work around the issue, I've been led to believe that it is not being caused by an outdated version of psutil; could it be an outdated version of setup.py? In this case, would it indeed be an issue with an old Python version? I'm very new to configuring Python in depth like this, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try setting the environment variable ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" so Xcode 12 doesn't try to build an ARM64 universal binary. It worked for me on a different python package that had the same error.
ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" pip install "dask[complete]"
(Thanks to Keith Smiley's comment at on Bitbucket for pointing this out.)
I am learning Python and accidentally uninstalled some Python 2.7 essential files from my Mac, and began running into some problems. I researched and apparently python 2.7 comes with macOS and is essential for the system. I have important files on my computer and would hate to have to reinstall macOS. I just saw that there is a software update available. If I update the software will these essential files be restored?
Hmm, where did you uninstall from? Let's hope you didn't remove it from your System/Library! See this post here - the discussions/answers may provide some help: How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4?. And yes, #FishingCode could be right - an update may just solve the problem.
Steps you could take:
1) Try updating first!
2) If the update did not work AND your accidental deletions did not affect the system files, then try uninstalling any third-party Python files with:
rm -rf </Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/VERSION_NUMBER> (replace VERSION_NUMBER with the Python version you want to remove)
OR
If you installed with pip, pip uninstall <Python>
You can also remove the third-party Python 2.7 from the same path (check the same post I referenced above! The accepted answer details a good plan to follow!).
Then, reinstall the usual way (https://www.python.org).
3) Check with the Apple stores/Apple technician.
Overall Recommendations:
I do recommend you install a Python version >= 3! Python 2 support has been deprecated since last year and there are some considerable differences between Python 2 and Python 3.x. You can definitely install the latest version (3.8), too. Hope this helps :)
Or where is there a published list of the supported versions of Python for Visual Studio Code?
Also if one's machine's OS makes a difference that would be helpful to know as well.
According to their documentation, if you link to what "a supported Python", is, the requirements are "whichever version of Python you want to use". And they explicitly include:
The built-in Python installation on Linux.
An installation through Homebrew on macOS using brew install python3 (the system install of Python on macOS is not supported).
A download from python.org.
A download from Anaconda (for data science purposes).
Of course python.org has versions all the way back to 0.9.1, although I suspect anything older than the 2.0.1 in the main downloads doesn't really count.
More realistically, they probably only test with current Python versions, which as of right now means 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, and maybe 3.7 prereleases. If you wanted to use 2.5 or 3.3, you might well get syntax highlighting and error fly-checking based on 2.7 or 3.5 grammar, etc. But actually running your code should still work.
Also, if you're on a Mac and thinking of Homebrew, it's worth noting that brew install python3 will give you an error; the package is just called python now, and you install python for 3.x and python#2 for 2.x.
Microsoft's Python Extension for VS Code actually let you select an interpreter from a list of detected or manually set environments (CMD-Shift-P/Ctrl-Shift-P -> Python: Select Interpreter), so it should work with latest version of any interpreter, as long as is supported by the OS (remember that VS Code and its extensions are hosted in Electron). Source
I have python 2.7.6 and 3.4 on my mac installed currently. I want to upgrade python2 to python 2.7.8 as I believe it is the more secure. What is the right way to do this? Do I simply download the installer from the website and run it? If so, will my system automatically use 2.7.8 over the previously installed 2.7.6?
Note, the python version 2.7.6 came pre-installed. And I apologize if the question seems redundant. I used to develop blindly without any thought of the versions and packages and made a mess of my projects. So now I try to careful.
pyenv is a simple Python version management. You can find more on pyenv.
I've been using MacPorts Python 2.6 on OS X 10.6.
I am considering also installing the Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) on the same machine because it comes preconfigured with matplotlib and other nice data analysis and visualization packages.
Can the two Python distributions co-exist peacefully on the same machine?
What potential problems will I have to look out for (e.g., environment variables)?
I know that building matplotlib through MacPorts is an option, but the process is lengthy (on the order of a full day) and there are open questions about compiling some dependencies on 64bit Intel.
I would like to know about the tradeoffs before committing to one of the two approaches.
I'm not an OSX user, so I can't say for certain, but you should be fine.
EPD bundles its own python interpreter and all required libraries. The installer basically just extracts a tarball into a stand-alone folder.
The linux installer doesn't modify any environment variables (not even $PATH), so I assume the mac installer is similar.
(Because of this, you'll probably want to manually set up aliases to the EPD python/ipython/etc binaries so you can more easily call them without changing your $PATH.)
EPD really should be completely stand-alone, as far as I know. It should be safe to install along-side anything else.
I've used EPD on Windows 7. It works great. Only stalled on me a couple of times with rather large data set.
I also use OSX, and was about to install EPD but hesitating a bit.
I think python 2.7.3 that comes with EPD (early 2013) will become the default python. Normally, upgrading to 2.7 from 2.6 should not be much of problem based on my personal experience. But I am a bit concerned to have 2 versions of 2.7 and what kind of impact it will have on using GAE SDK on my OSX. (Upgrading created a bit of hassle with GAE SKD.)
Here is what EPD readme says:
A full installation will install the following:
* Python framework -- installed into:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/7.3
Python applications -- installed into
/Applications/Enthought
System fixes -- makes the EPD Python your default one by adding lines to
your .bash_profile to your path.
I think I will sleep on this.