https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Does-Splunk-utilize-its-own-Python-installation/m-p/242402#M3072 <P>Yep. This is for Splunk 6.4.2:</P> <PRE><CODE>[splunk@batavus bin]$ pwd /home/splunk/bin [splunk@batavus bin]$ ls -ld p* -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 55600 Jun 28 04:13 parsetest -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 3753 Jun 28 02:59 parse_xml_buckets.py -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 3946272 Jun 28 04:13 pcregextest -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 7390 Jun 28 02:59 pid_check.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk 9 Jun 28 04:09 python -&gt; python2.7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk 9 Jun 28 04:09 python2 -&gt; python2.7 -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 1953328 Jun 28 04:13 python2.7 </CODE></PRE> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:51:24 GMT pgreer_splunk 2016-11-18T19:51:24Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Does-Splunk-utilize-its-own-Python-installation/m-p/242401#M3071 <P>Does Splunk utilize its own Python installation or is it pointing to my host computer python2 or python3 installation? If so, how can I change what python interpreter Splunk will use?</P> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:18:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Does-Splunk-utilize-its-own-Python-installation/m-p/242401#M3071 gcdiaz 2016-11-18T19:18:53Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Does-Splunk-utilize-its-own-Python-installation/m-p/242402#M3072 <P>Yep. This is for Splunk 6.4.2:</P> <PRE><CODE>[splunk@batavus bin]$ pwd /home/splunk/bin [splunk@batavus bin]$ ls -ld p* -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 55600 Jun 28 04:13 parsetest -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 3753 Jun 28 02:59 parse_xml_buckets.py -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 3946272 Jun 28 04:13 pcregextest -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 7390 Jun 28 02:59 pid_check.sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk 9 Jun 28 04:09 python -&gt; python2.7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk 9 Jun 28 04:09 python2 -&gt; python2.7 -r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 1953328 Jun 28 04:13 python2.7 </CODE></PRE> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:51:24 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Does-Splunk-utilize-its-own-Python-installation/m-p/242402#M3072 pgreer_splunk 2016-11-18T19:51:24Z