Python For Mac Catalina

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May 29th, 2020

Python Download For Mac Catalina

  • Link toInstalling the latest version of Python on Mac OS Catalina and overriding the old default pre-installed versionpodcast on anchorfm
  1. MacOS Catalina was released on October 7, 2019, and has been causing quite a stir for Anaconda users. Apple has decided that Anaconda’s default install location in the root folder is not allowed. It moves that folder into a folder on your desktop called “Relocated Items,” in the Security folder.
  2. Note - Python 3.9 will not work at this time (2 November 2020) because not all libraries were ported to 3.9, please use Python 3.8 for now.How to Install Pyt.
  3. The Launcher app dates back to the very earliest days of Mac OS X when Python for Classic MacOS (System 9) was ported over. Python 3.9 title: Launcher on Catalina.

Python For Mac Catalina

For Python 3.7 enter the following: bash / Downloads / Anaconda3 - 2020.02 - MacOSX - x8664. Sh For Python 2.7, open the Terminal.app or iTerm2 terminal application and then enter the following.

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.

Python For Mac Catalina

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

Catalina

Python Download For Mac Catalina

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:

Python Launcher Mac Catalina

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

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:

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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