[Qgis-user] 2 different Pythons in QGIS folder

[Fernando M. Roxo da Motta]

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:02:06 -0700 (MST), TheDLH
<corran at altmuehlnet.de> wrote:


> Hello,
> 
> I have just installed QGIS via QGIS-OSGeo4W-3.16.2-1-Setup-x86_64.exe
> (I am transitioning from R/SAGA GIS/ArcGIS) and I see two different
> Pythons in my QGIS installation folder:
> 
> C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.16\apps\Python37\python.exe
> C:\Program Files\QGIS 3.16\bin\python3.exe

  I checked with 'md5sum' and those are exactly the same binary.  I 

@ Program Files/QGIS 3.16/bin 
$ md5sum python3.exe 
736a07a0d3f99dbce55bfb53ff9cc016  python3.exe

@ Program Files/QGIS 3.16/apps/Python37
$ md5sum python.exe 
736a07a0d3f99dbce55bfb53ff9cc016  python.exe

  This do not clarify why two instances, but seems to give you the
freedom to use whatever you want.  ;)

  HTH

> Can someone please explain why both are there? Which one should I use
> if I want to use it to experiment/learn geospatial Python and also
> tap into QGIS?
> 
> thank you and have a nice weekend!
> 
> 
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  Roxo

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