How to link home brew python version and set it as default

Question

I just switched from MacPorts to HomeBrew. After installing all the required XCode versions and other software I tried installing python using homebrew: I think it successfu

Answer 1

On OS X High Sierra, I had to do this:

sudo install -d -o $(whoami) -g admin /usr/local/Frameworks
brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies python
brew install python
python --version # should work, returns 2.7, which is a Python thing (it's weird, but ok)

credit to https://gist.github.com/irazasyed/7732946#gistcomment-2235469

I think it's better than recursively chowning the /usr/local dir, but that may solve other problems ;)