Sometimes, we want to change the default Python version.
In this article, we’ll look at how to change the default Python version.
How to change the default Python version?
To change the default Python version, we can add the alias for python in the bash_profile file in the home directory.
We run
which python3
to get the directory of python3.
Then we open bash_profile and add the alias for python with
alias python='/usr/local/bin/python3'
Then we reload bash profile with
source ~/.bash_profile
Then we check the Python version with
python --version
Conclusion
To change the default Python version, we can add the alias for python in the bash_profile file in the home directory.
