From b0bdee46d1c55268398f139f9cff4caac108b5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nar Kumar Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 12:33:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Only remove .pydistutils.cfg option, not command line --- docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md index 42fdd31aea..2500b85921 100644 --- a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md +++ b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Similarly, Pip can be used to upgrade itself via: The normal `pip install --user` is disabled for brewed Python. This is because of a bug in distutils, because Homebrew writes a `distutils.cfg` which sets the package `prefix`. +A possible workaround (which puts executable scripts in `~/Library/Python/./bin`) is: + + pip install --user --install-option="--prefix=" + ## `site-packages` and the `PYTHONPATH` The `site-packages` is a directory that contains Python modules (especially bindings installed by other formulae). Homebrew creates it here: