# How to Active/Install Python 2 on SUSE Linux Entreprise 15

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-active-install-python-2-on-suse-linux-entreprise-15/35130>\
**Category:** SUSE Linux Enterprise Server\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-active-install-python-2-on-suse-linux-entreprise-15/35130 "2020-07-03T18:06:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/76d3ee/32.png) [@Kane](https://forums.suse.com/u/Kane)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-active-install-python-2-on-suse-linux-entreprise-15/35130/1 "2020-07-03T18:06:19Z")

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Hello  
Im a newfie in Linux .  
Since SLES15 SP1 come with Python3 , SAP B1 (erp software) need python 2 for some features (analytics)  
 ![](https://forums.suse.com/uploads/editor/cq/cm48nxqdzgy5.png)

while searching in the repository package , i saw sle-module-python2 , i installed the repository and installed some python 2 package as you can see  
 ![](https://forums.suse.com/uploads/editor/pt/dj1qp7k10ppa.png)  
 ![](https://forums.suse.com/uploads/editor/l3/i7t7b4zigg5z.png)

But still , i cannot find python2 interpreter in /usr/bin/python

![](https://forums.suse.com/uploads/editor/52/74ysy41ya85y.png)

Can you please help solve this ? thanks

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-active-install-python-2-on-suse-linux-entreprise-15/35130/2 "2020-07-04T03:05:26Z")

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Hi and welcome to the Forum 🙂  
You need to install python-base from Basesystem Module 15 SP1

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**Author:** ![Kane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/76d3ee/32.png) [@Kane](https://forums.suse.com/u/Kane)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-active-install-python-2-on-suse-linux-entreprise-15/35130/3 "2020-07-04T17:25:10Z")

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Thanks Chief

Exactly we need to install python-base and python from Basesystem Module 15 SP1

it’s working now.