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Merge pull request #55 from likwid/master
Add clarification to documentation
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asdf global python 3.6.2 2.7.13
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This feature is experimental but should be working well enough for most use cases.
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This feature is experimental but should be working well enough for most use cases. Incidentally, the first python version you install will claim `python`. With the above example:
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```
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python -V
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Python 3.6.3
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python3 -V
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Python 3.6.3
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python2 -V
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Python 2.7.13
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```
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In some cases, you might want python2 and python3 to co-exist, but python needs to point at a specific python version. The order of python versions is what controls this.
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## Pip installed modules and binaries
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