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

I use these commands to solve it.

mkdir /usr/local/lib
mkdir /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
brew link python

Answer 2

You can follow these steps.

$ python3 --version  
$ brew unlink python@2
$ brew link python3   
$ python3 --version   

Answer 3

This answer is for upgrading Python 2.7.10 to Python 2.7.11 on Mac OS X El Capitan . On Terminal type:

brew unlink python

After that type on Terminal

brew install python

Answer 4

brew switch to python3 by default, so if you want to still set python2 as default bin python, running:

brew unlink python && brew link python2 --force