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Changes in how homebrew installs Python on Mac OSX
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Kenneth Reitz
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Homebrew installs ``pip3`` for you.
``pip3`` is the alias for the Python 3 version of ``pip`` on systems with both
the Homebrew'd Python 2 and 3 installed.
``pip3`` is the alias to ``pip`` pointing to the Homebrew'd Python 3.
Working with Python 3
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@@ -84,18 +83,22 @@ version of Python 3 as well.
$ python
will launch the Python 2 interpreter.
will launch the system Python interpreter.
.. code-block:: console
$ python2
will launch the homebrew-installed Python 2 interpreter (if any).
.. code-block:: console
$ python3
will launch the Python 3 interpreter.
will launch the homebrew-installed Python 3 interpreter.
``pip3`` and ``pip`` will both be available. If the Homebrew version of Python
2 is not installed, they will be the same. If the Homebrew version of Python 2
is installed then ``pip`` will point to Python 2 and ``pip3`` will point to
Python 3.
If the Homebrew version of Python 2 is installed then ``pip2`` will point to Python 2.
If the Homebrew version of Python 3 is installed then ``pip3`` will point to Python 3.
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