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SUPhys
SUPhys

Reputation: 221

Blank python path

When I run echo $PYTHONPATH in bash, I receive a blank line then the prompt again. My .bash_profile is this:

# Setting PATH for Python 2.7
# The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

I'm running OsX 10.10.5

What does this blank line mean?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 815

Answers (1)

riteshtch
riteshtch

Reputation: 8769

Blank line means the variable PYTHONPATH is not set with any value.

Note that PATH and PYTHONPATH are 2 different variables.

PATH has a list of directories to find executables when running in bash whereas PYTHONPATH has a list of directories for the python interpreter to search for python modules (similar to classes for CLASSPATH in Java).

Hence you must use: 

PYTHONPATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin"
export PYTHONPATH

Upvotes: 1

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