Python3.6

[dannyk2]

I am running Ubuntu MATE 18.04 and i'm trying to learn Python3.6 and there is also Python2.7.15. Is it possible to make Python3 the default program that loads first in a terminal instead of Python2?

[halogen2]

Just run python3

[Carl H]

Either run your script with python3 instead of python, or add a Python 3 shebang at the top of your script and run it with ./yourscript.py

[Skaperen]

i have added symlinks so i can use shorter names in all users on my laptop:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  16 May 21 23:14 /usr/local/bin/py -> ../../bin/python
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  17 May 21 23:14 /usr/local/bin/py2 -> ../../bin/python2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  19 May 21 23:14 /usr/local/bin/py2.7 -> ../../bin/python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  17 May 21 23:14 /usr/local/bin/py3 -> ../../bin/python3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  19 May 21 23:14 /usr/local/bin/py3.5 -> ../../bin/python3.5

i am considering making python3 be the default by changing this a bit. maybe you might want to do that. mine have today's date because i have a script that rebuilds everything and i ran it just a few minutes ago.