I am trying to install python 3.9.0 on macOS 11.0.1. I have the latest version of brew and the latest pyenv.
sids@Sids-MacBook-Pro ~ % pyenv install 3.9.0
python-build: use openssl@1.1 from homebrew
python-build: use readline from homebrew
Downloading Python-3.9.0.tar.xz...
-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.0/Python-3.9.0.tar.xz
Installing Python-3.9.0...
python-build: use readline from homebrew
python-build: use zlib from xcode sdk
BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.16 using python-build 20180424)
Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815
Results logged to /var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815.log
Last 10 log lines:
File "/private/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815/Python-3.9.0/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 210, in _main
return _bootstrap(
File "/private/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815/Python-3.9.0/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 129, in _bootstrap
return _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths)
File "/private/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815/Python-3.9.0/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 38, in _run_pip
return subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-c", code], check=True).returncode
File "/private/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815/Python-3.9.0/Lib/subprocess.py", line 524, in run
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/private/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815/Python-3.9.0/python.exe', '-c', '\nimport runpy\nimport sys\nsys.path = [\'/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/tmpqmtz59lr/setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl\', \'/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/tmpqmtz59lr/pip-20.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl\'] + sys.path\nsys.argv[1:] = [\'install\', \'--no-cache-dir\', \'--no-index\', \'--find-links\', \'/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/tmpqmtz59lr\', \'--root\', \'/\', \'--upgrade\', \'setuptools\', \'pip\']\nrunpy.run_module("pip", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)\n']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
make: *** [install] Error 1
I am not sure why this error is occurring. Has it got something to do with the second to last line, where it includes: /private/var/folders/8s/jlqpkvqj21zcq8d5kw_ndz180000gn/T/python-build.20201129164129.61815/Python-3.9.0/python.exe
It seems as though the .exe is being built, but I'm on macOS.
How do I fix this and install Python 3.9.0?
Best Answer
You should go to python.org and click on the download 3.9.0 link. You'll get an option to load python 3.9.0. Follow the instructions there.