Installing Python 3.12 and Django in my Macbook

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May 20, 2024

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python3.12-Django

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Published

Install Python via brew

Pre-requisite: Make sure brew is installed.


brew install python

This will install the latest version of Python. Then run this


brew info python

look at this information


Python has been installed as
  /opt/homebrew/bin/python3

Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. pointing to
`python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, have been installed into
  /opt/homebrew/opt/python@3.12/libexec/bin

Based on this info, Python 3.12 is installed on my Mac using Homebrew, and the unversioned symlinks have been set up.

Open bash or zsh config

Use zsh and VS Code, then run this:


code ~/.zshrc

Add Python to your $PATH

Add the following lines to the file from the brew info python output and saved it via VS Code:


export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/python@3.12/libexec/bin:$PATH"

reload the shell profile by running the following command:


source ~/.bash_profile

For zsh use this:


source ~/.zshrc

Verify that Python 3.12 is now the default version by running the following command:


python --version

It should display the version number of Python 3.12.5.

Django is a Python library not application

from terminal use this line and install one by one, this need to be done for every folder when you create a new project.


 python3 -m venv path/to/venv
 source path/to/venv/bin/activate
 python3 -m pip install django

And I am ready!