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user2417339
user2417339

Reputation:

Ubuntu: Python command not found but apt says it's already installed

I'm on Ubuntu and need to run a python script, but bash can't find python.

$ python main.py
bash: python: command not found

When I go to install it with apt I am told that it has already been installed.

$ sudo apt-get install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
python is already the newest version (2.7.12-1~16.04).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

How do I fix this?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 20413

Answers (2)

user2417339
user2417339

Reputation:

It was saved as python3 instead of python

Upvotes: 9

George Acevedo
George Acevedo

Reputation: 29

Try the command which python it will reveal the location of where your system has installed Python.

Then try adding the location revealed by which python to PYTHONPATH as the first answer here. It's a good place to understand this.

Upvotes: 2

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