Find where python is installed if it isn t default dir

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Python is on my machine  I just don t know where  if I type python in terminal it will open Python 2 6 4  this isn t in it s default directory  there surely is a way of finding it s install location from here

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Have a look at sys path    gt  gt  gt  import sys  gt  gt  gt  print sys path

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In unix  mac os X included  terminal you can do   which python   and it will tell you

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sys has some useful stuff     python Python 2 6 6  r266 84297  Aug 24 2010  18 13 38   MSC v 1500 64 bit  AMD64   on win32 Type  help    copyright    credits  or  license  for more information   gt  gt  gt  import sys  gt  gt  gt  sys executable  c   Python26  python exe   gt  gt  gt  sys exec prefix  c   Python26   gt  gt  gt   gt  gt  gt  print   n  join sys path   c  Python26 lib site-packages setuptools-0 6c11-py2 6 egg c  Python26 lib site-packages nose-1 0 0-py2 6 egg C  Windows system32 python26 zip c  Python26 DLLs c  Python26 lib c  Python26 lib plat-win c  Python26 lib lib-tk c  Python26 c  Python26 lib site-packages c  Python26 lib site-packages win32 c  Python26 lib site-packages win32 lib c  Python26 lib site-packages Pythonwin c  Python26 lib site-packages wx-2 8-msw-unicode

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First search for PYTHON IDLE from search bar Open the IDLE and use below commands   import sys print sys path  It will give you the path where the python exe is installed  For eg  C  Users      python exe Add the same path to system environment variable

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On windows search python then right click and click on  Open file location  That s how I did

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You should be able to type  which python  and it will print out a path to python   or you can type   python  gt  gt  gt  import re  gt  gt  gt  re   file     and it will print a path to the re module and you ll see where python is that way

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Platform independent solution in one line is  Python 2   python -c  import sys  print sys executable    Python 3   python -c  import sys  print sys executable

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On windows running where python should work

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If you are using wiindows OS  I am using windows 10   just type   where python      in command prompt   cmd    It will show you the directory where you have installed

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For Windows Users   If the python command is not in your  PATH environment var   Open PowerShell and run these commands to find the folder  cd   ls  ython  -Recurse -Directory   That should tell you where python is installed

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To find all the installations of Python on Windows run this at the command prompt   dir site py  s   Make sure you are in the root drive  You will see something like this

[python] Find where python is installed (if it isn't default dir)

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