Install Python3 Mac Os X
This article will help you to set up a Python virtual environment on Mac OS or your Macbook.If you are a Mac user, you should know that Python 2.7.x comes pre-installed in your Macbook, but as that is required by your operating system, so you cannot modify it or update it and I would recommend that you don't use it at all. By the way, if you're wondering why I keep referring to Python 3.x – the x is a stand-in for sub-versions (or point releases as developers call them.) This means any version of Python 3. How to Install Homebrew on Mac. First you need to install Homebrew, a powerful package manager for Mac. Open up your terminal. 4) Run python3 -version to check if Python 3 is installed. Python3 -version # Python 3.7.4 If you install Python 3.7.X, you can also check its version using this command: python3.7 -version # Python 3.7.4 Homebrew. Another way to install Python 3 on Mac OS is using Homebrew package manager. Sudo python get-pip.py. In order to import a module it has to be in directory which is in the PYTHONPATH environment variable. Or in the working directory. P.P Pasting copied text in the python tags is such a pain. I have doubts that this will work on Mac OS. 'As they say in Mexico 'dosvidaniya'. Install Pip For Python 3 Mac Os. If you have OS X 10.12 (Sierra) or older use this line instead. Now, we can install Python 3: This will take a minute or two. Pip¶ Homebrew installs pip pointing to the Homebrew’d Python 3 for you. Working with Python 3¶.
This post explains how to install Python 3 in a Mac OS X, both Mavericks and Yosemite. Check this post if you want to clean install Python 2.7. You can also install both! 🙂
It also shows how to use virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper with Python 3. Don’t miss it!
Like with Python 2.7, we need to install first Xcode and Homebrew.
Install Xcode and Homebrew
First of all, install Xcode if you don’t have it already. You can find it in the Apple Store.
Next, we need to install the Command Line Tools of Xcode. Open a Terminal and type:


this should trigger a pop-up window that will ask you to install the Command Line Tools. If you have some trouble installing these tools, you might find useful this post on Stackoverflow.
Next, we need to install Homebrew. In the Terminal, type this command line:
$ruby-e'$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' |
Now, we need to insert the Homebrew directory at the top of the PATH environment variable. In this way, some Homebrew installations will take precedence over stock OS X binaries. Open or create the file ~/.bash_profile and write:
Close your Terminal and open it again to make these changes effective.
Install Python 3
If you type
you will see the available python-related packages to install, and python3 should be among them. Let’s install it!
You can check which version is installed by typing
And you can open it with:
Moreover, when you install python with Homebrew, you also install:
- the corresponding pip package manager, which is called pip3
- the corresponding Setuptools
- pyvenv, and alternative to virtualenv — cool!!
Create Virtual environments with pyvenv
Now that you have Python3 you also have pyvenv, a tool to create virtual environments (similar to virtualenv). However, there is one important remark about the version of pyvenv you have installed: only if you installed Python 3.4 or latter, pyvenv will also install pip when creating a new virtual environment.

Let’s create a new virtual envirnoment, named myenv, using pyvenv:
Virtualenvwrapper with Python 3
For example, you can install Django 1.7 using
Now, you’re ready to code!
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(This is a reminder to myself, and maybe a help for someone else who might be in the same situation as me. The purpose was to be able to lint documentation I’m trying to update for the pip project work.)
This applies to installing “the latest” Python on Mac OS X 10.15.6.
I’ve used this helpful How-TO. Everything worked until the very end where brew couldn’t create a necessary directory:
(no idea why!)
I reran install python and got:
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Solution (hack?)
The solution was to create the /usr/local/Framworks directory manually:
Then change the owner and group to mirror other directories (bernard:admin)
And finally run the brew link command from above:
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And then I could start what I wanted to actually do. 🙂