[Solved] Can't manage to get Python 2 working instead of Python 3

end222 · 2017-05-15 16:42:17

I am trying to use the porting tool offered by Meizu to port Flyme to non-Meizu phones and I am getting some errors related to Python.

The program (great part of it) is written in Python 2 because when using print there are no parenthesis.

The problem is that when I try to execute the program I get some errors related to the lack of parenthesis when using print. The problem persists even when using virtualenv2.

I have also tried linking python 2 to my home directory as suggested in the wiki and adding that directory to the path but it did not work either. However, whenever I execute "python -V" it tells me that I am using Python 2.

Last edited by end222 (2017-05-15 17:45:23)

WorMzy · 2017-05-15 17:02:07

What errors are you getting?

Mod note: moving to NC

end222 · 2017-05-15 17:38:26

It just tells me that the parenthesis are missing so I assume that it is trying to run the script with Python 3 instead of Python 2. Also, the problem is not from the program as I executed it in Ubuntu with Python 2.7.12 and it worked well

Scimmia · 2017-05-15 17:42:53

How are you running it? "python2 <program>" should work fine.

end222 · 2017-05-15 17:44:41

Mark it as solved, I managed to get it working!

What I did is chaging the first line of the script by putting:
#!/usr/bin/python2

It worked like a charm.

Thanks for the answers

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#1 2017-05-15 16:42:17

[Solved] Can't manage to get Python 2 working instead of Python 3

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