#How do I install python on mac??
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If that's the case you can simply run brew install python3 in your terminal to install Python3
Alternatively you can download the official Python installer from the python.org website (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3115/) via this link: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.11.5/python-3.11.5-macos11.pkg
If I recall correctly homebrew won't install all packages without some extra work, or that might be pyenv.
Either way I'd recommend using the official pkg download just because it is very consistent and doesn't require any extra leg work.
Thank you. I have a follow up question. How do I get it to open properly? I've opened IDLE and it doesn't look like what I've seen python look like. It's just this.
what did you expect it to look like?
I used it a while ago and i forgot how I downloaded it but it looked more like that. Or something similar.
Oh wait, I might have figured it out
That's VIsual Studio Code or a similar IDE
What you started is the base Python shell
Ok, I'm looking into it now, making a lot more sense. Tysm.