Unable to set default python version to python3 in ubuntu

Question

I was trying to set default python version to python3 in Ubuntu 16.04. By default it is python2 (2.7). I followed below steps :

Answer 1

As an added extra, you can add an alias for pip as well (in .bashrc or bash_aliases):

alias pip='pip3'

You many find that a clean install of python3 actually points to python3.x so you may need:

alias pip='pip3.6'
alias python='python3.6'