How To: Run Python 2.7 and Python 3.5 Script in Sublime Text 3

A quick tutorial on how to run either a Python 2.7 script or a Python 3.5 script using Sublime Text 3.

The contents of the sublime-build file are:

{
"cmd": ["/usr/bin/python3", "$file"],
"file_regex": "file \"(...*?)\", line([0-9]+)"
}

If you are using either Mac or Windows, instead of using the "whereis" command to find your installation path to Python, you can just run the following script, which will output the path to where Python is installed on your machine:

```
import os
import sys
```

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[tiffblahthegiraffe]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been struggling with this for a long time.

[jasonlin]

Just getting started with computer science. This was a life saver. Thank you so much!

[dhf]

Just the video I was looking for ! Thank you .

[kurtmiller]

Many thanks for excellent tutorial, it worked just fine under Linux Mint. This tutorial actually enabled me to run my Python script, whereas a number of other tutorials covered Sublime in considerable detail without including the 'how to run' details'.

[alaindiouly]

thank you so much for your clear and straight-to-the-point video

[henryriehl]

you are a life saver! thank you very much.

[ThePassportPapi]

I was about to just give up on being a software developer... until I finally got it lol. I'm on a Mac, so I was having trouble just like everyone else. Here's what worked finally,

{
"cmd": ["/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/python3", "$file"],
"selector": "source.python",
"file_regex": "file \"(...*?)\", line([0-9]+)"
}

Make sure to keep that "$file" in there, and just add the part to it WITH a comma as show above. Also, you can use type -a python3 in terminal to find out where your python3 is located. Your welcome!

[jitendramaurya]

really this is very useful to me
i have strugglith with this for a long time
thanks you a lot

[anasswakach]

that was pretty helpful man, thank you

[cheatgaming]

Thank you! It's working (13/8/2020)

[ghadajw]

you are the best thank you so much <3

[bennguyen]

Do you know if it's possible to install/select multiple python versions from within cygwin (cygcheck -c)?

In Windows, I have 3 batch files that I use to setup the PATH depending if I need it to point to python 2.7 (32-bit, or 64 bit) or 3.8 (64 bit). But can something similar be done in cygwin?

[christianpiconcalderon]

In the new versions of mac OS, the command whereis sometimes doesn't work, instead, you could try the command -which python3-. Hopefully it can helps you.

[VonMoments]

it says python is not recognized as an internal command, operable program or batch file plllsss help!

[daventhakkar]

I keep getting a message saying permission denied in my terminal. How can I fix that

[MC-zuer]

I checked the path by typing "whereis python" in Terminal and it returns "/usr/bin/python". Should i modify your code above and replace python3 with python?

[dhekar]

I'm having the same problem as some of the other people. "whereis" won't return anything. I'm using a MacBook Pro.

I tried running the script below on Sublime, but I'm not getting anything either. Help!

import os
import sys

[vinodh]

Not able to get sublime to run python 3 code on windows 10. Environment variables are set, but no luck. Welcome your suggestion to fix this.

[starthrashinferno]

What if I want to change from python 3.6 to python 3.8? How to go about it?

[avijeetkarmaker]

I am facing input output problem... i can not get output if i use import sys and want to print any variable using this value
code:
import sys
n = int(input("enter a number : "))

print("the number is : " + n)

output:
enter a number :


but when i enter a number, I dont get the printed line "the number is <any number>"