Prerequisites for installing Python3 on Mac
Python is a widely-used general-purpose, high-level programming language. This article will serve as a complete tutorial on How to download and install Python latest version on macOS / Mac OS X.Like Linux, macOS also comes with Python pre-installed on the system. Head to python.org.Click 'Downloads', then download the latest version from there: This downloads the 64-bit version of the latest Python release (3.8.5 as of August 2020).
Scroll down to the heading Python 2.7.9-2014-12-10. Or scroll to a more recent version, which starts with Python 2.7, if one is available. Under this heading, click the link titled Download Windows x86 MSI Installer.
Install Xcode
Xcode is Apple's Integrated Development Environment (IDE). You might already have Xcode on your Mac. If not, you can get Xcode from Apple appstore.
Install Brew
Homebrew installs the stuff you need. Homebrew is a package manager for Mac OS
Step 1. Launch Terminal.
Go to Launchpad – Other – Terminal
Step 2. Install HomeBrew
Install Python3 with Brew
Enter brew command into terminal
brew install python3
Optional, PATH environment
Set up PATH environment variable, if you used HomeBrew to install Python3, then HomeBrew already added PATH.
Do not change PATH environment if you can launch python3 from terminal.
Add the following line to your ~/.profile file
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
Usually your Python installation directory looks like this, add it to your PATH
PATH='/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:${PATH}'
Downloading Python
Before you start, you will need Python on your computer.
Check whether you already have an up to date version of Python installed by entering python in a command line window. If you see a response from a Python interpreter it will include a version number in its initial display. Generally any Python 3.x version will do, as Python makes every attempt to maintain backwards compatibility within major Python versions. Python 2.x and Python 3.x are intentionally not fully compatible. If python starts a Python 2.x interpreter, try entering python3 and see if an up to date version is already installed.
On Windows, try py first - this is the relatively recent Python Launcher, which has a better chance of avoiding some of the path problems that might occur because on Windows programs don't install into any of the small set of common locations that are searched by default. The Python launcher can also let you select any of the various versions you may have installed from a single command.
If you need to install Python, you may as well download the most recent stable version. This is the one with the highest number that isn't marked as an alpha or beta release. Please see the Python downloads page for the most up to date versions of Python. They are available via the yellow download buttons on that page.
Windows
Macos Python 3.8
The most stable Windows downloads are available from the Python for Windows page. On Windows you have a choice between 32-bit (labeled x86) and and 64-bit (labeled x86-64) versions, and several flavors of installer for each. The Python core team thinks there should be a default you don't have to stop and think about, so the yellow download button on the main download page gets you the 'x86 executable installer' choice. This is actually a fine choice: you don't need the 64-bit version even if you have 64-bit Windows, the 32-bit Python will work just fine.
If you're running Windows XP: a complete guide to installing ActivePython is at Python on XP: 7 Minutes To 'Hello World!'. ShowMeDo has two videos for downloading, installing and getting started with Python on a Windows XP machine - this series talks you through the Python, ActivePython and SciPy distributions. Note that the python.org releases only support versions of Windows that are supported by Microsoft (at the time of the release), so no recent release from python.org can be used on WIndows XP.
Mac
See the Python for Mac OS X page. MacOS from 10.2 (Jaguar) to 10.15 (Catalina) includes a system version of Python 2, but it is best not to consider this the Python to use for your programming tasks - install a current Python 3.x version instead. MacOS after 10.15 (Catalina) will not include a default system Python.
Linux
For Red Hat, CentOS or Fedora, install the python3 and python3-devel packages.
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For Debian or Ubuntu, install the python3.x and python3.x-dev packages.
For Gentoo, install the '=python-3.x*' ebuild (you may have to unmask it first).
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For other systems, or if you want to install from source, see the general download page.