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other:python:starting [2017/08/10 14:29] – Added references to cdatm15 and cdatm jypeterother:python:starting [2019/04/24 17:12] – [Where to start] Updated jypeter
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 In order to start working with Python, you need to have a //Python distribution// installed on your local computer or on the remote Linux server(s) you work on. A //distribution// provides a //Python interpreter//, and Python extensions (aka Python //modules// or //packages//). You may have several distributions installed on your computer and you need to know how to initialize them, and which one you are using at a given time (type ''which python'' on Linux to determine where the python executable is located) In order to start working with Python, you need to have a //Python distribution// installed on your local computer or on the remote Linux server(s) you work on. A //distribution// provides a //Python interpreter//, and Python extensions (aka Python //modules// or //packages//). You may have several distributions installed on your computer and you need to know how to initialize them, and which one you are using at a given time (type ''which python'' on Linux to determine where the python executable is located)
  
-If you are using a Linux computer or a Mac, you should already have a **default python** installed. The following example shows where the python interpreter is installed on the //asterix// LSCE server (if it's in ''/usr/bin'', it's the default python) and which version it is (example below: version //2.6.6// compiled in May 2015)+If you are using a Linux computer or a Mac, you should already have a **default python** installed. The following example shows where the python interpreter is installed on the //obelix// LSCE servers (if it's in ''/usr/bin'', it's the default python) and which version it is (example below: version //2.7.5// compiled in April 2019)
  
 <code># Which is the current python (e.g. where is it located)? <code># Which is the current python (e.g. where is it located)?
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 # Where is it coming from ('rpm' works on a RedHat-like Linux machine)? # Where is it coming from ('rpm' works on a RedHat-like Linux machine)?
  > rpm -qf /usr/bin/python  > rpm -qf /usr/bin/python
-python-2.6.6-64.el6.x86_64+python-2.7.5-77.el7_6.x86_64
  
 # You also get some information when you start the interpreter # You also get some information when you start the interpreter
  > python  > python
-Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, May 22 2015, 08:34:51) +Python 2.7.5 (default, Apr  9 2019, 14:30:50) 
-[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-15)] on linux2+[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)] on linux2
 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> >>>
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