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Replace Mac Python With Homebrew Python

I got HomeBrew on my mac and managed to replace mac 

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python 2.7.5
with 
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python 2.7.6
 because the recent Maverick update messed up my python and keep giving the error:

	error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1

Replace mac python with Brew Python

Relatively straight forward with Brew. If you don’t have Homebrewm, just follow the instruction on the homepage:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"
brew doctor
brew install python

Check your python version with 

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python --version
.

It should give

python 2.7.6

If you are still getting 

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python 2.7.5
then make sure your path is correct. Check your 
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$PATH
 with 
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echo $PATH
. Since brew install packages in 
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/usr/local/bin
 instead of systemwide 
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/usr/bin
, make sure that your 
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$PATH
 starts with 
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/usr/local/bin
. Add this to your 
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~/.bash_profile
 (or 
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~/.profile
 or 
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~/.bashrc
 but stick with 
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~/.bash_profile
 if you don’t have the others):

# add custom, local installations to PATH
PATH=/usr/local/bin:"$PATH"

Then in the Terminal, source it

source ~/.bash_profile

Now recheck your python with 

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python --version
.