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diff --git a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md index 5b8676dbc..42fdd31ae 100644 --- a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md +++ b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md @@ -33,15 +33,6 @@ 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> - -You can make this "empty prefix" the default by adding a `~/.pydistutils.cfg` file with the following contents: - - [install] - prefix= - ## `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: |