Spacemacs set python shell to Anaconda3 path - python

I have started to use Spacemacs to edit python files and also to use org-mode, but now I want to run python from Spacemacs instead of running Anaconda Prompt.
I've written this in .spacemacs file with SPC f e d:
(defun dotspacemacs/user-init ()
"Initialization function for user code.
It is called immediately after `dotspacemacs/init', before layer configuration
executes.
This function is mostly useful for variables that need to be set
before packages are loaded. If you are unsure, you should try in setting them in
`dotspacemacs/user-config' first."
(setq python-shell-interpreter "C:/Users/Mahesvara/Documents/Personal_Documents/Programs/Anaconda3/python.exe")
)
But when I try to run the script with C-c C-p it gives the following error: Searching for program: No such file or directory, python

I am not entirely familiar with Spacemacs on Windows, but here is my go at this...
Command line is not a shell
Note that anaconda prompt is not a shell, it is an command prompt interface to anaconda (see here).
Windows uses cmd. Spacemacs, Unix, and Python use shells, and are a completely different interface.
Welcome to Spacemacs
What you put in that variable shouldn't be a file path. It should be a name of a program.
Emacs has a list of places where executable are stored.
This variable is called exec-path.
Here is how to set it.
I would recommend not modifying it, but viewing it
(print exec-path)
There then needs to be a python shell in one of those paths (i.e. python, ipython, etc.).
A more experienced Windows developer may want to disagree with this. But it may be helpful to install some Babun/Cygwin shell to install python with. Especially if you are using Spacemacs. This would allow you to run in a more Unix-y environment which works better for Spacemacs. Just make sure the home directories match up.
Once you have a python shell program installed in one of the exec-path's,
You should be able to:
(setq python-shell-interpreter "python")
Change python to whatever python shell you chose.

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Run Python script with Automator // why does it only work if I include export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH and what does it mean?

I was trying to run a Python script via Mac's Automator and the command is very straight forward:
"cd /Users/myname/Desktop/project && python3 myprojectapp.py".
However, every time I tried to run it, Automator raised an error such as ModuleNotFoundError. This was however, impossible since I had all libraries (e.g. Pandas) installed and running the command in the Terminal as written above worked flawlessly.
Now, I've read somewhere for a similar problem to just include:
"export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH" before the command and it worked. Now, before I go on with my life, I would like to understand what exactly this extra line does and how it affects Automator to the point of making the script work.
Thank you in advance!
That command basically modifies the environment variable PATH and puts the directory /usr/local/bin before everything that is currently in PATH. However, that command is temporary, and the environment variable PATH is restored when the session closes.
What could be happening is the python you're running in terminal and the python Automator is running are different./usr/local/bin probably contains the same python version as you are using in terminal. Take a look at ~/.bash_profile to see if something similar to export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH is in there.
Another way to check is to type which python in both and see if it points to the same python. You probably have yet another python somewhere in the list of directories in your PATH variable.
It's common to use virtual python environments to keep track of which python is running and to experiment with python without messing with system python. Examples of these include: Anaconda and virtualenv.

using #!/usr/bin/env python3 shebang with Windows

I'm trying to run a Python script from the command line as a command on Windows -- so no usage of "Python" or ".py". If my script is named "testing.py", I am attempting to make this name into a command and call "testing" from the command line.
Going through the docs it seems I need to use this shebang #!/usr/bin/env python as long as I have Python in my PATH.
https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#shebang-lines
I also have the script folder in my PATH, so something like
"testing.py" is currently working from the command line.
According to the docs and this tutorial,
https://dbader.org/blog/how-to-make-command-line-commands-with-python
I should be able to evoke my Python script just by "testing" if I have the proper paths within PATH and the above shebang. However, I can't seem to get the script running withouth adding ".py".
The accepted answer by #AKX is incorrect for Windows 10 standard Python 3, certainly in the latest Windows 10 (1903) if not earlier.
(Note: I cannot speak to how this may or may not work under WSL.)
I have several versions of Python installed (2.7, 3.6, 3.7, and most recently Python 3.8b1). I've been using the #!/usr/bin/env shebang for years in my scripts for cross-platform compatibility (usually to distinguish Py2 vs Py3 scripts).
I've created a little script in a folder (C:\so_test\awtest.py):
#!/usr/bin/env python3.6
import sys
print(sys.version)
If I run this with awtest.py or just awtest I get 3.6.x reported (showing it's running with Python 3.6). If I change the shebang to refer to 3.7, I get 3.7.x reported. If I change the shebang to just #!/usr/bin/env python3 I get the latest version of Python installed (3.8).
Now, if I add that folder to my path (path=%PATH%;C:\so_test in the command window you're testing in, or in the main env vars (you will need to restart the command window if you do the latter though)), I can change to a different directory and run awtest or awtest.py and they still work and refer to the folder in the path. If I remove the script folder from the path these files are no longer found.
While I wouldn't necessarily expect this to work on Windows prior to 10 or Python 2.7, this functionality appears to be the way of things going forward.
No, Windows does not support shebang lines.
The documentation you've linked relates to the py launcher installed by Python, which can interpret various shebang lines to choose a Python version to run a script with.
setuptools is able to generate wrapper .exes for your Python scripts, but it gets a little involved and already assumes you have a package with a setup.py and so on.
Locally, if you really, really need this, you probably could add .py to the PATHEXT environment variable, so the Windows command line looks up .pys like it looks up .exes (and various others; the current modern default is .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC). However, this will naturally not scale for distributing apps, as all of your users would need to set that too.
My recommendation is to stick with just that boring old python testing.py, really.
You can use shebang in windows by setting the path of your interpreter as the first line in the file(you will see a marker on VSCode that says 'set as interpreter ' on that line).
Using windows 10,Python version 3.9 see example:
#!C:/Users/waithira/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/python.exe
print('hello world')
if you're not going to do this often. You can still add a batch file to your path testing.bat containing the command that you need to execute your code.
#echo off
python testing.py
It's a borring workaround but it works without needing to mention the extention since windows interpret batch files the same way it interpret executables.

Command Prompt: Set up for Python 2.7 by default

My command prompt is currently running Python 3.2 by default how do I set it up to run Python 2.7 by default, I have changed the PATH variable to point towards Python 2.7, but that did not work.
UPDATE:
It still does not work. :(
Still running python3 - to be specific it runs python3 when I am trying to install flask - which is what I want to do.
More generally, when I simply type python into the command line, it does nothing.
I get a 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file error.
No idea what to do.
If you call your Python scripts directly using python script.py then setting the PATH to have the 2.7 directory first should be enough.
If you want to call Python scripts indirectly with the shell, i.e. by writing just script.py or by executing the file from the explorer, you need to set the 2.7 installation as the default program handler for the .py extension. The easiest way to do that is to run the Python installer again and choose the option “make this installation the default”.
Note that with the new launcher, that ships with 3.3+, you don’t need this, as you can specify the version number using a shebang line and the launcher will automatically pick the appropriate interpreter.
Changing your PATH environment variable should do the trick. Some troubleshooting tips:
Make sure you didn't just change the local, but rather the system variable to reflect the new location
Make sure you restarted your CL window (aka close "cmd" or command prompt and reopen it). This will refresh the system variables you just updated.
Make sure you remove all references to C:\Python32\ or whatever the old path was (again, check local and system PATH - they are both found on the same environmental variables window).
Check to see if Python3.2 is installed where you think it is... (just rename the directory to something like OLD_Python3.2 and go to your CLI and enter "python" - does it start up? If it does is it 2.7? or 3.2? If not, you did something wrong with your PATH variable.
All else fails - reboot and try again (you might have some persistent environment variable - which I don't see how that can be - but hey, we are brainstorming here! - and a reboot would give you a fresh start.
If that doesn't work then I'd think you are doing something else wrong (aka user error). CMD has to know where to look for python before it can execute. It knows this from your PATH variable... now granted, I work almost exclusively in 2.6/2.7, so if they did something to the registry (which I doubt) then I wouldn't know about that.
Good luck!
Change the two las lines to you current python desired build path:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
' Extracted from Python 2.7 silent installation By Elektro H#cker
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.py]
#="Python.File"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pyc]
#="Python.CompiledFile"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pyo]
#="Python.CompiledFile"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pyw]
#="Python.NoConFile"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.File\Shell\Open\Command]
#="CMD /K \"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python\\Python.exe\" \"%1\" %*\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.NoConFile\Shell\open\command]
#="CMD /K \"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python\\Pythonw.exe\" \"%1\" %*\""
Could you try this as root:
$ ln -s python2.7 /usr/local/bin/python
Logout & login again as root:
$ python -V
It works for me, hoping the same to you.
Cheers,

Run a python script from the prompt in windows [duplicate]

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How do I run a python program in the Command Prompt in Windows 7?
This is a follow-up to this question: Run a python script in windows.
How would I do the equivalent of
`$ ./checksum.py <folder>
in Windows? Note, the checksum.py file starts thus:
#!/usr/bin/env python
For me, it works just to invoke the name of the script directly, e.g. > myscript.py.
if you have python installed on your system just make sure it's in the global variables.
Then you can type in "python " eg "python myscript.py abcd".
If it's not registered at global level you have to 'cd' (ChangeDir) to the location where python is installed, then run a command "python " eg:
"C:\Programs\Python>python C:\Users\User1\Desktop\MyScript.py abcd" where "C:\Programs\Python" is the current working directory.
If you want to run linux programs and commands on windows you can try MinGW or CygWin.
One potential solution to this problem, while possibly overkill, is to install Cygwin and use its environment to run the script. Of course you can just call the python command from your Windows command line (as long as it's in your PATH, as specified in autoexec.bat) followed by ./checksum.py [folder], but if you're coming from a *nix/OS X environment, you may find Cygwin makes your life simpler. Either way.
Make sure the filename extension .py is associated with the appropriate python.exe. Similarly, .pyw should be associated with pythonw.exe (this is a version of the Python interpreter that doesn't show a terminal window, suitable for use with Python GUI scripts).
The Python for Windows installer does this, so you usually won't have to mess with it unless you have multiple Python installs on your machine. If you do need to change the association, this can be done by right-clicking a .py file, choosing Properties, and clicking the Change button next to "Opens with."
Windows ignores the shebang line, so there is no way (short of Cygwin) to have different scripts use different versions of Python by changing the shebang. You could use a different extension (e.g. .py3 for Python 3 scripts) and associate that with C:\Python31\python.exe -- but that will break the script's ability to be imported as a module (Python expects the .py extension), so use it carefully. Better practice is probably to just specify the desired python.exe directly on the command line.

How to set python enviroment variable on windows

I've downloaded python installer from http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.1.2/ , this python-3.1.2.msi file, I need to execute some python files? How do I do that? For example in php I'd do php filename.php from console, I do however have python command line but I don't know how to execute those files.
So if I could set ENV variable to directly execute my file(s) if that is possible that would be great.
There is an option in the installer called "Register Extensions" to associate Python files with the interpreter, so double-clicking them or entering filename.py in the console should work.
Apart from that you might want to add C:\Python31 to your PATH variable (right-click on My Computer, choose Settings, choose the Advanced Tab - there you can access the system variables. Better do this as an admin.
If you type python in the Windows command line, what happens? Is the Python interpreter in your PATH yet?
If not, add the Python installation directory there (here's a good guide). Then just do python script.py just like with PHP.
you can just execute
python yourfile.py
Or if the python command don't work you have to give the absolute path to you python installation or add it to windows path

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