homebrew-python

This Homebrew tap provides formulae to install multiple Python versions.

Replace X in examples below with minor version of Python -- 5 for Python 3.5, 6 for Python 3.6, 7 for Python 3.7, or 8 for Python 3.8.

Python 3.X will be installed into /usr/local/opt/python@3.X, as a keg, i.e without linking into /usr/local/bin in order to avoid conflicts with the python formulae.

brew install sashkab/python/python@3.X

You can use it to create a virtual environment by passing full path to the Python executable:

/usr/local/opt/python@3.X/bin/python3.X -mvenv <path to venv>

In order to update to latest version of pip, setuptools and wheel, use following command:

/usr/local/opt/python@3.X/bin/python3.X -mpip install -U pip setuptools wheel

Python 2.7 has been removed from this repository in early January 2020 after it reached end-of-life. See #46 for details.

This repository started as a fork of the zoidbergwill/homebrew-python.