Kolibri forces you to install python version 3.4 but I already have the last one, is it fine if I uninstall the older python version that kolibri installed? Or will it mess with the program?

Hi @Mathias_Velicoff , I think it’s fine to uninstall the older Python you installed before. Just make sure that you reinstall the Kolibri again using the Windows installer . Can you also give us the details about the version of operating system you’re using so we can reproduce and fix it. Thanks.

Hi, thanks for the answer. I’m using windows 10, and I’ll try reinstalling kolibri after uninstalling python, but not sure if that’ll work since I already had the last python version before installing kolibri and there wasn’t any option for skipping the python 3.4 installation and choosing a newer v…

Tried reinstalling, can’t skip the “python 3.4 is required” message, tried uninstalling python 3.4 and opening kolibri since 3.8 is still on my computer, and it didn’t let me open.

Sorry to here that, but the Kolibri Windows is still using the Python 3.4 you need to let the installer to install it’s built in Python it has pre configured python path to install at your system. We haven’t tested yet the higher new release of Python but I think on our next release we upgraded th…

Maybe just for now you cannot use the python 3.8 in Windows. because there’s an error when I tried to run it and I filed an issue on this link https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/issues/7004 .

Can I delete the older python version that Kolibri installed?

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Julius_Legaspi June 18, 2020, 8:22am 6

Hi @Mathias_Velicoff, what version of Kolibri are you using?

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Can I delete the older python version that Kolibri installed?

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