

Installed, you have two different installs of Python 2.7.īackground Geoprocessing (64-bit) is available as a separate installation on top of ArcGIS for Desktop. This means that if you have ArcGIS for Desktop and eitherĪrcGIS for Server or the Background 64-bit Geoprocessing Patch Which allows ArcGIS for Desktop users to utilize geoprocessing inĦ4-bit. In addition, the 64-bitīackground Geoprocessing patch was released at 10.1 Service Pack 1, Since ArcGIS for Server 10.1 was released, the ArcPy library has beenĪccessible through a 64-bit platform. If you install on a 64 bit Operating System you will get the option.

This all depends on what python version your are running:
