这里以centos设置python3为默认版本为例
[root@localhost ~]# python --version
Python 2.7.5
[root@localhost ~]# whereis python
python: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python3.6 /usr/bin/python3.6m /usr/bin/python2.7-config /usr/lib/python2.7 /usr/lib/python3.6 /usr/lib64/python2.7 /usr/lib64/python3.6 /etc/python /usr/local/lib/python3.6 /usr/include/python2.7 /usr/include/python3.6m /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
[root@localhost ~]# ll /usr/bin/python*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python -> python2
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 7216 8月 7 2019 /usr/bin/python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1835 8月 7 2019 /usr/bin/python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python2-config -> python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 11408 8月 8 2019 /usr/bin/python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 11408 8月 8 2019 /usr/bin/python3.6m
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python-config -> python2-config
修改/usr/bin/python默认版本软链接指向的为python3
下面来操作
[root@localhost ~]# rm -rf /usr/bin/python
[root@localhost ~]# ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
[root@localhost ~]# ll /usr/bin/python*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 10月 25 17:44 /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python3
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python2 -> python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 7216 8月 7 2019 /usr/bin/python2.7
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 1835 8月 7 2019 /usr/bin/python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python2-config -> python2.7-config
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python3 -> python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 11408 8月 8 2019 /usr/bin/python3.6
-rwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 11408 8月 8 2019 /usr/bin/python3.6m
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 10月 27 2019 /usr/bin/python-config -> python2-config
[root@localhost ~]# python --version
Python 3.6.8
[root@localhost ~]#