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diff --git a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md index 42fdd31ae..2500b8592 100644 --- a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md +++ b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Similarly, Pip can be used to upgrade itself via: The normal `pip install --user` is disabled for brewed Python. This is because of a bug in distutils, because Homebrew writes a `distutils.cfg` which sets the package `prefix`. +A possible workaround (which puts executable scripts in `~/Library/Python/<X>.<Y>/bin`) is: + + pip install --user --install-option="--prefix=" <package-name> + ## `site-packages` and the `PYTHONPATH` The `site-packages` is a directory that contains Python modules (especially bindings installed by other formulae). Homebrew creates it here: |