So here my new method to install Python 3.6.9 on macOS Catalina:You might want to add that this has to be run under bash as the administrator account (not root) for those of us who use tcsh (or other) as their interactive shell.Without zlib, pip was giving me errors.Above instructions for “install python 3 on mac using homebrew” worked perfectly on a new macbook air Feb 2020. Next, run the Python Installer to install Python 3 onto your Mac. And I don’t want to supersede the python2 version by doing the ‘brew l’nk python’, which I think replace the python command with python3.Upon ‘brew doctor’ I receive this warning: 1. Here is my recipe to install Python3.6.9 on macOS Catalina:As much as it sounds hilarious on why…Ok, I used the download from Python.org but now I have two folders: python3.5 and python3.7Pip was still giving me errors based on the install method I previously described.
Jump into Python.org downloads page and simply just download the latest Python version. Thank you!As you are about to throw a sucker…The python3 command doesn’t work after the brew install. Perhaps the simplest way to install Python 3 on macOS.This is for you especially if you’re a newbie (though I still strongly recommend you try the HomeBrew method below) or if you don’t want to deal with copy-pasting code into your Terminal and downloading other software.Here’s how to install Python 3 on your macOS: 1. This is needed to install some packages.
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