Was needing to test some code against multiple versions of Python 3. Namely: 3.2.x and 3.3.x and 3.4.x. Installing 3.5.x was easy using homebrew (brew install python3). But I couldn’t find brew packages for python3.2 and python3.3 and python3.4!
I ended up doing it the manual way, which wasn’t that hard.
- Download the installer from: https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/
- Run the installer, I chose to do a “custom” install and only selected the command line tools (leaving out the docs and the GUI).
- Re-link your homebrew installation and fix permissions
~$ brew unlink python3 && brew link --overwrite python3 ~$ sudo chown -R damon:admin /usr/local/bin |
Now you should be set with python3.2, python3.3, python3.4 and python3 will run python3.4!
Note: this will cause a warning when using brew doctor that reads:
Warning: Python is installed at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework Homebrew only supports building against the System-provided Python or a brewed Python. In particular, Pythons installed to /Library can interfere with other software installs. |
So far I have been able to safely ignore this warning. That’s the location the Python installer writes to.