""" If the current installed Python version is not supported, prints an error message to stderr and returns 1 """ from __future__ import print_function import sys def check_python(): if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 5): # supported return elif sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 7): msg = """\ Galaxy support for Python 2.7 is deprecated, please consider moving to Python >= 3.5 . https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/latest/admin/python.html contains instructions on how to force Galaxy to use a different version.""" print(msg, file=sys.stderr) return else: version_string = '.'.join(str(_) for _ in sys.version_info[:3]) msg = """\ ERROR: Your Python version is: %s Galaxy is currently supported on Python 2.7 (although deprecated) and >=3.5 . To run Galaxy, please install a supported Python version. If a supported version is already installed but is not your default, https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/latest/admin/python.html contains instructions on how to force Galaxy to use a different version.""" % version_string print(msg, file=sys.stderr) raise Exception(msg) if __name__ == '__main__': try: check_python() except Exception: sys.exit(1)