Sometime last year, I installed Python 3.x on my MacBook, using the installer from Python.org, and when I typed
Today I reinstalled Python 3.6.4 on the same MacBook, also using the installer from Python.org. When I typed
This contradicts the tutorial here:
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html
I have been searching for an answer and cannot find one. Why the change? Moreover, I do not know how to replace the Python 3.6.0 that is still residing in usr/local/bin/python3, and searching the docs at Python.org has given me nothing.
Note, I am not using Homebrew because I teach Python to non-computer science students, and I'd like them to do a straight install from the installer at Python.org - which is what I did.
I am seeking help specifically about the current Mac installer from Python.org.
I just used this script to completely remove every trace of Python 3, all versions, from my MacBook:
https://github.com/csev/uninstall-python3
It worked great. (Does not touch virtualenvs.) Then I reinstalled from the Python.org installer.
But I am still stuck with
which python3
, bash would return usr/local/bin/python3
.Today I reinstalled Python 3.6.4 on the same MacBook, also using the installer from Python.org. When I typed
which python3
, bash now returns /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3
.This contradicts the tutorial here:
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/interpreter.html
I have been searching for an answer and cannot find one. Why the change? Moreover, I do not know how to replace the Python 3.6.0 that is still residing in usr/local/bin/python3, and searching the docs at Python.org has given me nothing.
Note, I am not using Homebrew because I teach Python to non-computer science students, and I'd like them to do a straight install from the installer at Python.org - which is what I did.
I am seeking help specifically about the current Mac installer from Python.org.
I just used this script to completely remove every trace of Python 3, all versions, from my MacBook:
https://github.com/csev/uninstall-python3
It worked great. (Does not touch virtualenvs.) Then I reinstalled from the Python.org installer.
But I am still stuck with
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3
as the location of Python 3.