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19 changes: 11 additions & 8 deletions docs/starting/install3/osx.rst
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Expand Up @@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ Pip

Homebrew installs ``pip3`` for you.

``pip3`` is the alias for the Python 3 version of ``pip`` on systems with both
the Homebrew'd Python 2 and 3 installed.
``pip3`` is the alias to ``pip`` pointing to the Homebrew'd Python 3.

Working with Python 3
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$ python

will launch the Python 2 interpreter.
will launch the system Python interpreter.

.. code-block:: console

$ python2

will launch the homebrew-installed Python 2 interpreter (if any).

.. code-block:: console

$ python3

will launch the Python 3 interpreter.
will launch the homebrew-installed Python 3 interpreter.

``pip3`` and ``pip`` will both be available. If the Homebrew version of Python
2 is not installed, they will be the same. If the Homebrew version of Python 2
is installed then ``pip`` will point to Python 2 and ``pip3`` will point to
Python 3.
If the Homebrew version of Python 2 is installed then ``pip2`` will point to Python 2.
If the Homebrew version of Python 3 is installed then ``pip3`` will point to Python 3.


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