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I cannot figure out how to get the correct version of pip3 on my Mac as the default. I installed and use Python3 via brew:

❯ which python3
/usr/local/bin/python3
❯ ls -l /usr/local/bin/python3
<ELIDED> /usr/local/bin/python3 -> ../Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.10/bin/python3

but pip3 defaults to what looks like the Mac default Python:

❯ pip3 --version
pip 20.2.3 from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)

How would I go about fixing this?

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On linux you have the update-alternatives command, I don't know if you have it on OSX.

Otherwise You can create a symbolic link.

Or use python -m pip

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Related to Make python3 as my default python on Mac.

It is necessary to add the path to the additional tools. e.g., in ~/.zshrc add:

export PYTHON_HOME=$(brew --prefix)/opt/python/libexec

export PATH=$PYTHON_HOME/bin:$PATH

However, the following will not work:

export PYTHON_HOME=$(brew --prefix)/opt/python/libexec/bin 
export PATH=$PYTHON_HOME:$PATH

For some reason, part of the path will get cannibalized.

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Try running these at startup in terminal before you run python:

alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3
alias pip=/usr/local/bin/pip3
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