- This article will serve as a complete tutorial on How to download and install Python latest version on macOS / Mac OS X. Like Linux, macOS also comes with Python pre-installed on the system. It might be Python version 2 or some similar outdated version. To update to the latest version, we will use the Homebrew Package manager.
- OK I was afraid to use the terminal, so I installed the python-3.7.2-macosx10.9 package downloaded from python.org Ran the certificate and shell profile scripts, everything seems fine. Now the 'which python3' has changed the path from 3.6 to the new 3.7.2.
- How To Update Python In Mac Terminal
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How to Install the Updated Python 3 in Mac OS Perhaps the simplest way to install Python 3 is by using the Python package installer from python.org Go to Python.org downloads page here and download the latest Python installer package Run the Python installer package and install Python 3 onto the Mac.
May 29th, 2020
- Link toInstalling the latest version of Python on Mac OS Catalina and overriding the old default pre-installed versionpodcast on anchorfm
I finally did it. I successfully installed Python version 3.7.7 viaHomebrew on my Maclaptop with OS Catalinainstalled.
For those of you that still might be trying to figure outhow todo this, I will walk you through.
The reason why I was eager to make sure that I had the latest versioninstalled was because I am working on publishing (open-source)teaching-relateddocumentation on Read The Docs, and I need to havePythoninstalled in order to be able to install the programsnecessary to publishthere.
The default2.7.17 version of Python was retired this pastJanuary 2020. I had tried back then to replace it with Python 3+,but was unsuccessful at the time. The following is what I did today:
First I updated Homebrew. Yes, I used Homebrew to (re)installPython. It’s really easy. It’s just a matter of putting the pieces of thepuzzle together correctly!
I ran the command
To updateHomebrew. Then I ran the command
To (re)install Python. Then I ran
To see which version of Python my Mac laptop was recognizing. Itstill recognized only Python 2.7.17. So I ran the followingcommand:
How To Update Python In Mac Terminal
It told me the path to my newly installedPython 3.7.7. I had tochange the path to Python in order for my Mac to recognize thenewly installed version. This is what the command brew info python returned tome in Terminal:
So I had to add the following at the bottom of my .zshrc fileto update the path to my newly installed version of Python viaHomebrew:
Then I made sure to quitTerminal and go back in so that the pathwould actually be updated in a newTerminal windowinstance.
Then I checked what version of Python was recognized now with
Upgrade Python Mac Terminal
And this is what was returned:
Success! It’s as easy as that.
And BTW, if you don’t know how to access your .zshrc file in Catalina,you simply execute the following command:
How To Update Python Version On Mac Using Terminal
And your file will open in a new window. Then you can paste
At the bottom of the file.
I will be embedding this episode of Plugging in The Holes along with atranscript in the form of a post oninterglobalmedianetwork.com for yourhearing and reading pleasure. Bye for now!
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