Updating Python on Mac
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00:00 Updating Python On Mac
00:23 Accepted Answer Score 123
00:51 Answer 2 Score 107
01:38 Answer 3 Score 106
02:23 Answer 4 Score 50
02:37 Answer 5 Score 47
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 123
The default Python on OS X shouldn't be messed with as it's used by the OS itself. If your default is 2.6.1 then you must have Snow Leopard.
If you just install from the standard 3.1 disk image then you can invoke it using python3.1 from the terminal (you don't have to do any extra steps for this to work) and you can leave the plain python as 2.6.1.
ANSWER 2
Score 110
Both python 2x and 3x can stay installed in a MAC. Mac comes with python 2x version. To check the default python version in your MAC, open the terminal and type-
python --version
However to check, if you have already installed any of python 3x versions, you need to type
python3 --version
If you don't then go ahead and install it with the installer. Go the the python's official site(https://www.python.org/downloads/), download the latest version
and install it.
Now restart the terminal and check again with both commands-
ANSWER 3
Score 51
using Homebrew just do:
brew install python3 && cp /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
done :)
ANSWER 4
Score 49
This article helped me to make the right choices eventually since mac 10.14.6 by default came with python 2.7* and I had to upgrade to 3.7.*
brew install python3
brew update && brew upgrade python
alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3
Referred The right and wrong way to set Python 3 as default on a Mac article