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Install python@3.15 with Homebrew, zypper, dnf, chocolatey, pacman, scoop, apk, apt, Nix, winget

Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Version 3.15.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-21. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install python-unversioned-command.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install python@3.15

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install python315

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · python315 · source: download.opensuse.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install python3

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · python3 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S python

Arch Linux sync databases · python · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add python3

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · python3 · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install python3

Debian stable package indexes · python3 · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#python3

nixpkgs package indexes · python3 · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install python

Chocolatey community package catalog · python · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/python

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/python.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Python.Python.3.14 -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Python.Python.3.14 · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

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Commands and aliases

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history

Project history and usage

Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language. The python@3.15 formula provides the CPython 3.15 runtime as a versioned package.

Project history

Guido van Rossum began Python at CWI in December 1989 as a successor influenced by ABC and aimed at Unix and C users. The first public releases appeared in 1991.

Python 2.0 arrived in 2000, followed by the deliberately incompatible Python 3.0 line in 2008. The ecosystem's long transition to Python 3 concluded after Python 2 reached end of life in 2020.

Development of Python 3.15 began in May 2025 under the annual feature-release cadence. CPython 3.15.0 was released on October 9, 2026, with two years of regular bug-fix support planned before a source-only security-maintenance period.

Adoption history

Python grew from a scripting language into a widely deployed general-purpose language, with major communities in education, automation, web services, scientific computing, data analysis, and machine learning.

Operating-system package managers commonly distribute Python alongside Python's own pip and virtual-environment tooling. Versioned formulas such as python@3.15 allow applications and development environments to retain a specific interpreter branch while an unversioned system package moves forward.

How it is used

Users run Python interactively, execute scripts and modules, create isolated environments with venv, and install third-party distributions with pip. A versioned Homebrew formula is useful when software requires the 3.15 interpreter branch rather than Homebrew's current default Python.

PYTHONSTARTUP may point to an optional user-selected file whose Python commands run before the first interactive prompt. Python does not prescribe a fixed filesystem path for that file.

Why package nerds care

Python sits at the boundary between system package management and a very large language-package ecosystem. Interpreter ABI changes, native extensions, binary wheels, virtual environments, and pip's relationship with externally managed installations make each new CPython branch consequential for maintainers.

Python 3.15 is an important compatibility target for package authors and build-system maintainers because it introduces language, standard-library, startup, C API, and build changes while beginning a new five-year upstream support lifecycle.

Timeline

1989: Guido van Rossum begins work on Python at CWI.
1991: The first public Python releases appear.
2000: Python 2.0 is released.
2008: Python 3.0 starts the modern language line.
2020: Python 2 reaches end of life.
2025-05-07: Development of Python 3.15 begins.
2026-10-09: CPython 3.15.0 is released.

Related projects

CPython: the reference Python implementation packaged by this formula.
pip and PyPI: Python's default package installer and principal public package index.
venv: the standard-library mechanism for isolated Python environments.
PyPy: an alternative Python implementation with a tracing JIT compiler.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for python@3.15. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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Configuration files

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Unix: ${PYTHONSTARTUP}
Windows: %PYTHONSTARTUP%

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No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-10-22

manager version3.15.0

manager updated2026-10-21

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

Package key	brew:python@3.15
Version	3.15.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/python@3.15
Homepage	https://www.python.org/
Upstream docs	https://www.python.org/
License	Python-2.0
Source archive	https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.15.0/Python-3.15.0.tgz
Last updated	2026-10-21T10:44:28Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	ca-certificates, mpdecimal, openssl@4, sqlite, xz, zstd
Build dependencies	pkgconf
Uses from macOS	bzip2, expat, libedit, libffi, ncurses
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared
Caveats	Python is installed as $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/bin/python3 Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. pointing to `python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, are installed into $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/python@3.15/libexec/bin `idle3.15` requires tkinter, which is available separately: brew install python-tk@3.15 `dbm.gnu` is available separately: brew install python-gdbm@3.15 For more information about Homebrew and Python, see: https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-and-Python

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	python@3.15
Aliases	python python3 python@3
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable