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Arpit
Arpit

Reputation: 109

Directory location for python 2 and 3

In my usr/bin directory, there are 3 executable files for python - python, python27, python36

Which version of python does the python file direct to? What argument should I pass to cmake find_program to get the python 3 version?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 68

Answers (1)

Tsyvarev
Tsyvarev

Reputation: 65936

What argument should I pass to cmake find_program to get the python 3 version? -

find_program searched executable by its filename, so you need to pass python36 for find it.

But preferred way to find python executable is find_package(PythonInterp). That way you may specify minimum version and do not care about exact filename:

find_package(PythonInterp 3)

Upvotes: 2

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