如何判断我的 Python 安装是否“捆绑”？

Question

I'm installing a package (cx_Oracle), and the documentation says:

Make sure you are not using the bundled Python. This has restricted entitlements and will fail to load Oracle client libraries.

I'm wondering: how do I tell if my Python installation (if I did not install it) is "bundled" or not?

Answer 1

My best guess comes from a line further down the docs

On macOS, make sure you are not using the bundled Python (use Homebrew or Python.org instead). If you are not using init_oracle_client(), then put the Oracle Instant Client libraries in ~/lib or /usr/local/lib.

Perhaps they mean the Python version that comes bundled with the operating system?

Answer 2

Normally in MAC OS python comes along with installation of OS itself that means python package included in OS files also called as bundled python. You can check if the python you are using is bundled or not by

which python

On mac os you should get output like if it's a bundled python

/usr/bin/python

when you want to get the path of externally installed python by

which python3

The only difference is When you type

python 

in terminal it launches pre-installed or bundled python. If you type

python3 

in terminal it launches externally installed python in this cases what the oracle documentation is recommended