Install Python on Mac

Mac by default comes with a Python 2.7 installed, but if you want to install latest version of Python, it can be down easily.

We will need to follow the below steps:

Step 1: You can either go to Python website and download the latest stable release. (Or just click here).

Step 2: Open the installer and instal Python on your Mac.

Step 3: Open Terminal and check the versions of the python that is came pre-installed by python --version. If this gives you a result of python 2.7.6 (2.7.*) then don't worry, we are not done yet.

Step 4: In your terminal if you type python, it will run the pre-installed version i.e. 2.7.*. To make our newly installed python we will have to type python3. We can make the terminal start Python 3, just by doing aliasing.

Step 5: On your terminal type open ~/.bash_profile. If this gives a "Not Found" error, just make the file by typing: touch ~/.bash_profile. This will create the file.

Step 6: After the file is created, copy the text

 alias python="python3"

Step 7: We are not done yet. To make the changes take effect, type the following in your terminal source ~/.bash_profile. This will apply the changes you made in your file.

Step 8: You are done!! Type python on terminal and let us know :)