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Discussion on: Are you still using Python 2?

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CesarTavo

I tried to change to python 3.6.5 because I have 2.7,
But I didn't know that cinnamon use python 2.7 and when I erased all 2.7 cinnamon stopped and all their applications didn't work.

Now, I installed python 3.6.5 but I still have 2.7,

I read that you recommend to use pyenv to use python without touching the default environment. I going to try that.

I use Slackware Linux.

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rhymes

Yeah, I definitely recommend pyenv. You can keep your packages on 2.7 and try 3.6 or 3.7 alongside with it.

pyenv is independent from the distro packaging system