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Python

Kerrick Hahn
Kerrick Hahn
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Posted by Kerrick Hahn
Kerrick Hahn
5,728 Points

How do I install the latest python package (I think 3.7?) and the pip install package on my atom IDE?

Not sure if I asked this question correctly, but in my atom terminal I can not run f'strings because it is still running on Python 2.7.

Additionally, I can't pip install anything because I guess the pip install package is not downloaded.

I've googled how to install both of these, yet to no avail.

I use Atom as my text editor/IDE - if someone could give some kind of step-by-step or insight into how to get the latest python and pip install package on here, that'd be heavily appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!!

benjamind
benjamind
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To my understanding, python and pip are installed on the operating system, not inside Atom.

Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Benjamin Dahlhoff is correct. Python 2.7 is usually the version of Python your computer comes with but you have to actually download Python to get the newer version + pip. If you haven't installed Python yet, you'll want to do that first and then configure Atom using Peter Vann 's info below.

2 Answers

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35546627/how-to-configure-atom-to-run-python3-scripts

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

This might help, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjEuROpsvp4

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Also, if you have both Python 2.x and 3.x installed on your system, whether in your normal terminal or the one in your IDE, if you want to explicitly run your python script with Python 3, run it like this:

python3 script_name.py

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!