.. _installation_guide/appendix/requirements_hints/mac_osx: macOS Guide =========== We will see in this quick tutorial how to install all the prerequisites necessary for installing **Genropy** starting completely from scratch. Install homebrew -------------------- *macOS* already has a version of Python pre-installed. We strongly recommend not using that one, but instead installing one using **homebrew**: a handy package manager. https://brew.sh You can install **homebrew** by running the site's documentation, although it all boils down to running the following command: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" Install Python ----------------- Once **homebrew** is installed you can install Python using the command:: brew install python pip ---- **pip** is the Python installer package, if you have installed correctly via **homebrew**, it will already be present and ready for use. So from now on if you need to install Python libraries you can use the command:: pip package_name install git --- We suggest you also install **git** via **homebrew**:: brew install git At this point you should be able to proceed with the :ref:`installation of Genropy`