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diff --git a/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md b/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md index 4a1b1ba44..14d38003b 100644 --- a/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md +++ b/docs/Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Starting with OS X Lion (10.7), you need `sudo` to install to these like so: `sudo gem install`, `sudo easy_install` or `sudo cpan -i`. An option to avoid sudo is to use an access control list: -`chmod +a 'user:YOUR_NAME_HERE allow add_subdirectory,add_file,delete_child,directory_inherit' /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages`, -for example, will let you add packages to Python 2.7 as yourself. That +`chmod +a 'user:YOUR_NAME_HERE allow add_subdirectory,add_file,delete_child,directory_inherit' /Library/Python/3.6/site-packages`, +for example, will let you add packages to Python 3.6 as yourself. That is probably safer than changing the group ownership of the directory. ### So why was I using sudo? @@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ Rather than changing the rights on `/Library/Python`, we recommend the following options: ### With a brewed Python -Note, `easy_install` is deprecated. We install `pip` (or `pip3` for -Python 3) along with python/python3. +Note, `easy_install` is deprecated. We install `pip` (or `pip2` for +Python 2) along with python/python2. We set up distutils such that `pip install` will always put modules in `$(brew --prefix)/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages` and scripts in `$(brew --prefix)/share/python`. Therefore, you won’t need sudo! -Do `brew info python` or `brew info python3` for precise information +Do `brew info python` or `brew info python@2` for precise information about the paths. Note, a brewed Python still searches for modules in `/Library/Python/X.Y/site-packages` and also in `~/Library/Python/X.Y/lib/python/site-packages`. |