Tell Mac to use Anaconda Python (vs Mac's default Python)

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Natalia King edited this page Dec 21, 2015 · 1 revision

$ printenv  
PATH=/Users/nataliaking/anaconda/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Make sure Anaconda directory has precedence:
$ export PATH="$HOME/anaconda/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

$ python
Python 2.7.11 |Anaconda 2.4.1 (x86_64)| (default, Dec  6 2015, 18:57:58) 
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)] on darwin
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