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Running python in Sublime Text 2 getting error

so I have recently gotten into python and I use sublime text 2 alot for things like HTML and CSS and I want to use it for python too but when i try to compile with it I get the following error:

[Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified [cmd: [u'python', u'-u', u'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sublime Text 2\\Projects\\All Python Coding stuff\\Sublime Testing.py']] [dir: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Projects\All Python Coding stuff] [path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86_64;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Panda Security\WaAgent\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\bin] [Finished]

I have changed the build system to python and I have restarted and even installed python again. When I run a python script in IDLE it works fine.

Edit 1.

So now i get the error:

[Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified [cmd: [u'python', u'-u', u'C:\\Users\\Weber\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sublime Text 2\\Projects\\All Python Coding stuff\\Sublime Testing.py']] [dir: C:\Users\Weber\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Projects\All Python Coding stuff] [path: /usr/local/bin] [Finished]

my `python.sublime-build' looks like this:

{
"cmd": ["python", "-u", "$file"],
"file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
"selector": "source.python"
}
Solution

  • You need to add the python directory to your system's path environment variabe. To do that in windows you need go to Control Panel> System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings> in the advanced tab go to Environment Variables. In the environment variables in the System Variables area scroll down until you find Path. Select it and press Edit. Then a window should appear titled Edit System Variable where you have the variable name (should be path) and the variable value which is a long string. At the start of the string you need to manually add the python's directory. For example my python 2.7 directory is at *C:\Python27* So you need to add C:\Python27\ at the start of the string. So after you do that the value should now look something like that:

    C:\Python27\;C:\Program Files etc..

    Try that and tell us the results :)

    Hope that helped

    Cheers, Alex