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I'm trying to install the application node, but by default in my environment is python 3, and requires python 2.6. How can I change the default python version in FreeBSD?
# cd /usr/local/bin
# ls -l | grep python
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1246256 Jul 12 2011 python
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1401 Jul 12 2011 python-config
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 6060 Jul 12 2011 python-shared
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1408 Jul 12 2011 python-shared-config
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3720 Jul 12 2011 python-shared2.6
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1431 Jul 12 2011 python-shared2.6-config
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 6060 Jul 12 2011 python-shared3.1
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1408 Jul 12 2011 python-shared3.1-config
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1182056 Jul 12 2011 python2.6
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1424 Jul 12 2011 python2.6-config
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1246256 Jul 12 2011 python3.1
-r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1401 Jul 12 2011 python3.1-config
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FreeBSD currently supports Python (CPython) branches until they are end-of-life (EoL) as defined upstream.
In the Windows environment, if you want to use particular install of IDLE, I find the easiest way is to right click on the . py file and choose "open with". Then navigate to the IDLE. bat file in the Python version install location you want to use.
You could remove /usr/local/bin/python and create a symlink to Python 2.6:
rm /usr/local/bin/python
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.6 /usr/local/bin/python
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