Python Installation on MacOS¶

Python is only needed if you need to use Python and the PySpark engine in Fire Insights. Python modules in Fire Insights use Python 3.6+.

Check if Python is Installed¶

python –version

python3 –version

One way to install Python 3 on macOS is by installing Anaconda

https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/mac-os/

Use brew install python3

alias python=’python3’

export PYSPARK_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3

export PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3

Sometimes a soft link to Pythons’s executables is broken for some reason.: sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3.x /usr/bin/python

Install the required python packages for Fire Insights:

pip install -r requirements.txt

requirements.txt file is available in the installation directory of Fire Insights.