That's not Python; it's just a hard link to a generic shim for every program in /usr/bin that ships with the developer tools, $ find /usr/bin -inum $(stat

That's not Python; it's just a hard link to a generic shim for every program in /usr/bin that ships with the developer tools, $ find /usr/bin -inum $(stat -f %i /usr/bin/python3) | wc -l 76 $ cp /usr/bin/python3 /tmp/IEFBR14 $ /tmp/IEFBR14 IEFBR14: error: sh -c '⋯/Xcode.app/⋯/xcodebuild -sdk ⋯/Xcode.app/⋯/MacOSX.sdk -find IEFBR14 2> /dev/null' failed with exit code 17664: (null) (errno=No such file or directory) xcode-select: Failed to locate 'IEFBR14', requesting installation of command line developer tools. $ and then if you're in a GUI session it pops up a dialog box[1] offering to download and install the developer tools (even if they're already installed; the example above is from a Sonoma box with both Xcode 15.1 and the latest command line developer tools installed). [1] https://jasomill.at/IEFBR14.png https://jasomill.at/IEFBR14.png