Using two different versions of python but sqlmap needs 2.7

Question

I've recently started using sqlmap and found out it needs python2.7. I installed 2.7 and added it to my PATH along with 3.4. My current path looks like this:

c:\Other-Programs\;c:\Python27;c:\Python34

So When I try to run sqlmap i follow these steps:

1. Open up cmd as admin
2. cd c\:sqlmap
3. python sqlmap.py

At this point, sqlmap informs me that Python 3.4 is incompatible. I tried just doing:

3. python27 sqlmap.py

That returns an error stating that it's not a command.

Basically I want to know how I can specify the version of Python I want to use when running a command for sqlmap.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '15 at 16:17

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try using full path of python exe C:\Python27\python.exe sqlmap.py.

answered Apr 19 '15 at 16:17

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '15 at 16:15

While you normally would try to do something clever with PATH definition here, a very simple solution would be to do something like this (unproven because I'm not on Windows but)

C:\Python2.7\bin\python.exe your_script_for2.7.py (make sure you are pointing to the right path of python.exe) and for 3.x

C:\Python3.x\bin\python.exe your_script_for3.x.py

What you're experiencing is probably the latest python installed, replaced the global python executable. You should be able to use python2.7 or python3.x as well though.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 21 '17 at 14:27

Me too had similar problem in windows, i was having python 3.5(and its path set in environment variables), so i installed python 2.7 from their site.then i did the following to start sqlmap

1) Got inside the folder of python 27 in cmd

2) executed the following command

python.exe "path to sqlmap-dev\sqlmap.py"

Using two different versions of python but sqlmap needs 2.7

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