
I have been trying to compile freecad with Python 3.5, and everything seems to complete successfully. However when I check the Python version inside the python console it shows that its using version 2.7.
I have installed the python3 dev packages and edited the cmake Python variables as described in the Python3 wiki and read the lengthy Porting to Python3 post, but apparently I'm getting lost in the process.
Can someone point to a post or article which explains what needs to be configured so a novice can follow?
The system I work on is:
OS: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.12697 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: master
Hash: 8bbcfd6dce297917f39452392dc9e5722f95d7cb
Python version: 2.7.12
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.1.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)
The development is a VirtualBox guest running Ubuntu 16.04 with Xfce desktop manager.
Thanks
Sal