Change default python to anaconda's python in root

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I've installed python 2.7 in my system and I've installed Anaconda also. Right now, I am using python's anaconda and it works perfect. Unfortunately, I wanted to use anaconda's python to be run using root. The issue is that I was unable to change the python path for root.

If I type "which python" from terminal , I am able to get this result:

/home/myuser/anaconda/bin/python

If I type "sudo which python" from terminal, the result is :

/usr/bin/python

I have installed anaconda in a directory accessible by root (changed during installation) and I've already added it's path to /etc/environment(added /usr/anaconda/bin to PATH in environment).

How do I change the default python path of root(I use sudo command to get root privileges)?

I'm using ubuntu 12.04.

As any user also root has a .bashrc where you can set the PATH variable appropriately. — cel
– cel, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 8:18
@cel I've already added the PATH using /etc/environment file. I thought, it is enough. Do I have to add that path in .bashrc also? — Raghu Venmarathoor
– Raghu Venmarathoor, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 8:22
@cel I'm sorry that I used the word root. Actually, I was using sudo to get root privileges. — Raghu Venmarathoor
– Raghu Venmarathoor, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 8:28
Could be related: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/91541/… — cel
– cel, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 12:45

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:22:42Z

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You can explicitly call the python install you'd like to run:

sudo /opt/anaconda/bin/python

See https://askubuntu.com/questions/477987/two-python-distributions-sudo-picking-the-wrong-one.

edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:22

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answered Sep 15, 2015 at 1:27

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ubundows Over a year ago

That's why I was getting no module named asyncio. One up.

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