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James McIntyre
James McIntyre

Reputation: 116

How do I run .py files through the Anaconda interpreter by double-clicking on them in Linux?

I'm setting up my home computer for basic python development. I've managed to install Anaconda through the command line but I'm not sure how to make .py files run through the Anaconda interpreter when double-clicked.

i.e. I did this on my Windows computer at work by right clicking on a .py file and then choosing open with > open with another application > navigating to {C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3} > clicking on python.exe and then clicking 'open'. Is there an equivalent way of doing this on Linux? I'm running Pop!_OS.

I've tried clicking 'open with' but there was no option to open with another application. I also wouldn't know what type of file I would be looking for whereas I knew in Windows I was looking for a .exe

I've also tried right clicking on a .py file, going on the 'Permissions' tab, checking the box for 'Allow executing file as a program' and going to Files > preferences > Behaviour and changed the Executable Text Files option from 'Display them' to 'Run them'.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 290

Answers (1)

Finomnis
Finomnis

Reputation: 22581

The most common way on linux to make things executable is by adding the executable flag to the file. On command line, if your file is called script.py:

chmod +x script.py

It is important that your script starts with a description of how to execute it.

For python, your script should start with:

#!/usr/bin/env python

Also, for clarification, there is no .exe file in Linux. The equivalent to that is the previously mentioned executable flag.

Upvotes: 1

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