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python@3.11

brew install python@3.11 v3.11.15_3 Python-2.0

Python 3.11 interpreter — dynamically-typed language runtime with standard library.

Why you might care

Install this if you need a specific Python 3.11 version alongside system Python or other versions; use Homebrew's versioned formula when you want isolation from brew's default python@3.x without touching your shell's global environment. Useful for testing, legacy projects, or Docker base images. Most users reach for unversioned `python` or a version manager like pyenv.

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Python is installed as
  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/python3.11

Unversioned and major-versioned symlinks `python`, `python3`, `python-config`, `python3-config`, `pip`, `pip3`, etc. pointing to
`python3.11`, `python3.11-config`, `pip3.11` etc., respectively, are installed into
  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/python@3.11/libexec/bin

You can install Python packages with
  pip3.11 install <package>
They will install into the site-package directory
  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/python3.11/site-packages

`idle3.11` requires tkinter, which is available separately:
  brew install python-tk@3.11

gdbm (`dbm.gnu`) is no longer included in this formula, but it is available separately:
  brew install python-gdbm@3.11
`dbm.ndbm` changed database backends in Homebrew Python 3.11.
If you need to read a database from a previous Homebrew Python created via `dbm.ndbm`,
you'll need to read your database using the older version of Homebrew Python and convert to another format.
`dbm` still defaults to `dbm.gnu` when it is installed.

If you do not need a specific version of Python, and always want Homebrew's `python3` in your PATH:
  brew install python3

For more information about Homebrew and Python, see: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python

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