[Tutor] PYTHON INSTALLATION PROBLEM

[Richard Damon]

On 10/29/21 8:08 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 29Oct2021 19:51, Richard Damon <Richard at Damon-Family.org> wrote:
>> On the Mac, 'Python Launcher' seems to just configure how python will
>> run programs run under python. Generally from the Dock, you will want
>> to click on the 'IDLE' icon, which launches the Python IDE, which gives
>> and editor to write python programs or load a python script.
>>
>> The other way to run python is from the command line, using a command
>> like python3 myprog.py
> Also, Macs ship with Python. If your MacOS is current, the supplied
> Python should be pretty modern.
>
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>

You might think that, but my Mac, running the latest version of OS-X, 
Monterey, reports for a "python --version"  that the system default 
python is still 2.7.10

Now, this system is a 2019 Year model, but was built as a upgrade to an 
older system. so that might be a reason.

Since I have been manually installing current Pythons, I don't know if 
they also have provided a python3 command with something more recent.

-- 
Richard Damon