Error on json2daisy wiki with the need to type python3 -m build vs python -m build?

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Hello,

After trying to install Python3 from the python downloads side I had a number of issues on Windows 10.

  1. I had to run off the alias for python3 so that it stopped trying to go the to Windows store to get python3
  2. After installing python 3.x.x from the python website I kept getting the error “python3 is is not a recognized command…” After looking around for the pythong3.exe… I realized there was not one… but “python.exe” WAS in the python310 directory.
  3. I decided to try “python -m build” (without the 3) in place of “python3 -m build”
  4. Things built! yeah!

Now, what I don’t know is if that is OK or not?
or
Is this an error in the wiki?
or
Did I goof up my install of python version 3.10.x?

Any thoughts, help, or suggestions here would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Brett

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Python likes to install as just python much of the time. If you run python --version It’ll give up its secrets.

Also, you can run which python to check out which versions you may have kicking around.

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@ben_serge,

Here is my version:
Python 3.10.0

Happy to update/change if needed.

Thanks,
Brett

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Looks good to me! Let me know if there’s any other questions.

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@ben_serge,

The odd thing here is that there is no python3 file.
Thus, when I follow the instructions to make the json2daisy tool from what is listed on the wiki, I am not able to do so. Can I just use python in place of the python3?

Thanks,
Brett

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Yep! python will run python 3.10 on your system so that will work!

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