Force RStudio to use Python 3.6 and not Python 2.7
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
I want to execute Python scripts in RStudio (this is not about calling Python via reticulate in R scripts this is about running Python scripts in RStudio although reticulate is used, as I see). I have a very simple script called test.py that has the following command: print("test") When I run this command RStudio uses Python 2.7 instead of system default 3.6: > reticulate::repl_python() Python 2.7.15 (/usr/bin/python) Reticulate 1.10 REPL -- A Python interpreter in R. >>> print("test") test >>> >>> How to force RStudio to use default system Python version (3.6 in my case) instead of 2.7? Default version of Python: username@usernameVB:~$ python Python 3.6.7 (default, Oct 22 2018, 11:32:17) [GCC 8.2.0] on linux Type "help", ...