Updates of python not showing on terminal

Question

I upgraded Python with "brew" from Python 2.7.5 to Python 2.7.14. I am using macOS Mavericks 10.9. I added this to .profile:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH".

I don't want to mess with the system python (2.7.5). How do I make use of upgraded Python?

The problem is not clear, you have upgraded python, and you have added the export statement. thats should be it. — TheTechGuy, Oct 13 '17 at 10:24
what do you see when you run **python --version** in your terminal ? — TheTechGuy, Oct 13 '17 at 10:25
I used .profile @ mycode with the export statement I quoted above but it is not updating to python 2.7.14 I wanted. — rarevessell, Oct 13 '17 at 11:19
incude PATH=/usr/local/share/python:$PATH export PATH in your profile insted to that. did you try already ? — TheTechGuy, Oct 13 '17 at 11:24
@mycode now I have this PATH=/usr/local/share/python:$PATH export PATH in my .profile but the python at the terminal still gives python 2.7.5 and not 2.7.14. — rarevessell, Oct 13 '17 at 12:09

TheTechGuy · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-13T12:25:50.293

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Well , you have to update your .profile with the following export. Replace your the export with the following one.

export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python/libexec/bin:$PATH"

edited Oct 13 '17 at 12:25

answered Oct 13 '17 at 11:31

TheTechGuy

Benjamin Hall · Answer 2 · 2017-10-13T12:39:20.333

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After you add your export to your .profile and save it, remember to do source ~/.profile from the terminal before trying to load your python.

Also, I also use macOS and all my PATH extensions are actually in a file called .bash_profile rather than .profile (which in my case is empty).

This describes the differences between .bashrc, .profile, and .bash_profile quite well.

edited Oct 13 '17 at 12:39

answered Oct 13 '17 at 12:33

Benjamin Hall

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