Homebrew: Packages are installed for wrong python version (mac)

Question

Homebrew is installing the package I need for python 2.7, which is the default version that comes with Mac, but I need it to be installed for python 3.4. How do I do this?

Answer 1

Try pip3 install versus just pip install .

Look at the versions:

pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)

pip3 --version                                                             
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)

Answer 2

Listing the executable for python 3.4 before python 2.7 in your PATH might help if you haven't tried it already. Otherwise maybe something here might help? How to make Mac OS use the python installed by Homebrew