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SergioBoySV
SergioBoySV

Reputation: 63

Why are there so many instances of Python on my system? Which one of these is my system actually using?

I'm using a Mac and this is a screenshot of the files in my /usr/local/binWorking directory is /usr/local/bin

This is a screenshot of the files in /opt/homebrew/optWorking directory here is /opt/homebrew/opt

I'm wondering why I have this amount of Pythons on my Mac. I feel like it's cluttered and confusing. I am also aware that the Macs have a built in Python so just to be clear, I'm not trying to get rid of that. What makes this confusing is that I don't know which Python is in use to update. Typing python3 --version returns 3.9.5 when the latest is 3.9.7. Furthermore, I thought that I had updated my Python through the official website, but found out that I just updated the IDLE that downloads when you install Python from Python.org.

Although a seemingly trivial question, any feedback and knowledge would be appreciated!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 107

Answers (1)

Alex Hall
Alex Hall

Reputation: 36033

The command which python at the terminal will tell you the path of the command python. It might be a symlink so use ls -l on that path to check.

Upvotes: 1

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