"-bash: python2: command not found" on OS X

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I'm trying to use this script to import my iTunes library to another program.

At the step where I enter python2 export_to_quod_libet.py, I'm getting an error message that says that the python2 command can't be found. I figured out through python -v that I definitely have Python 2.7 installed, so I'm really confused about this.

I did find a similar question being asked here, but the original poster was using Windows (whereas I'm using OS X El Capitan), so a lot of what was said at least didn't seem applicable to my situation.

Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?

If you can call python -v just use python export_to_quod_libet.py instead of python2 .... — Christian Witts
– Christian Witts, Commented Jul 13, 2016 at 6:21
python2 is just a filename, so it needs to match the name of an available program in your PATH. Fix your script by editing it to use the name available in your system, as the previous comments suggested. — alexis
– alexis, Commented Jul 13, 2016 at 6:28
Okay, yeah, this was probably a dumb question. Thanks everyone. — ForTheEvulz
– ForTheEvulz, Commented Jul 13, 2016 at 6:36

Julian · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-13 08:58:49Z

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Maybe you could try do define an alias. It seems that python2 is hardcoded somewhere in the script.

You could try (just an example):

alias python2="python2.7"

and then run the script -- hope that helps.

Kind regards, Julian

answered Jul 13, 2016 at 8:58

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killthrush Over a year ago

This was a good suggestion for me, as I prefer to use a pyenv installed version rather than system python

M.javid · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-07 07:36:35Z

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I confirmed it works on macOS. I installed Python 2.7 and 3.5 using brew commands:

brew update
brew install python
brew install python3

edited Mar 7, 2018 at 7:36

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