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    After the symlinking i get this error: xcode-select: Failed to locate 'python', requesting installation of command line developer tools. Commented Aug 16, 2022 at 20:12
  • You need to install the command line developer tools. They're just basic tools you'll need for development, regardless of language. Commented Aug 16, 2022 at 21:10
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    Why would you need to install developer tools? If python3 works fine, and /usr/local/bin/python is symlinked to the same binary, why shouldn't that just work? Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 2:16
  • @BenDavis Even if python3 is found, installing the developer tools can't hurt. At least on my machine, the developer tools link python to Python 2.7.16. This answer should be an extension of what the developer tools give you. Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 2:44
  • Question: Is it necessary to create the "link_path" (not the target_path aka $(which python3)) in the /usr/local/bin directory? could you use /usr/bin or /opt or some other directory path and it would still work flawlessly? Commented Oct 31, 2024 at 19:28