Error with pointing to correct python version: virtualenvwrapper.sh

Question

I get this error when I boot up terminal:

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/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Conte         


        

Answer 1

Today I got this error after a series of steps, the first was to install wormhole (https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html#example) which installed Python 3.8. I started having other errors which I resolved doing a brew uninstall python@2

brew uninstall python@2
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.15_2... (4,814 files, 84.8MB)
python@2 HEAD_3 is still installed.
Run `brew uninstall --force python@2` to remove all versions.

brew uninstall --force python@2
Uninstalling python@2... (822B)

At this point the error in this question appeared:

Last login: Wed May 27 11:33:08 on ttys025
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: No module named virtualenvwrapper
virtualenvwrapper.sh: There was a problem running the initialization hooks.

If Python could not import the module virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader,
check that virtualenvwrapper has been installed for
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python and that PATH is
set properly.

My solution was to :

ls -l /usr/local/bin/python3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 neo  admin  34 Nov 27 16:46 /usr/local/bin/python3 -> ../Cellar/python/3.7.5/bin/python3


ln -s ../Cellar/python/3.7.5/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python

Now the error seems to be gone. I am not sure if this is a good solution, I am interested in the feedback of those people who understand/know brew better than me.