python3 in macosx

January 9, 2019random

Historically, upgrading an OS is always a total pain

In particular, as of June 2018, Python 3.7 has been released, and that’s screwing up many of the package managers where installing Python 3.5 of 3.6 has been the default (and intended) behavior.

As a result, here’s how to install the versions you want

[stackoverflow]

Installing python 3.6.5

brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/f2a764ef944b1080be64bd88dca9a1d80130c558/Formula/python.rb

Switching from 3.7 to 3.6 and vice versa

brew switch python 3.7.0
brew switch python 3.6.5_1