disclaimer: noob
OSX 10.8.5
When I installed python in bash I got this warning and error:
Warning: Could not link python. Unlinking...
Error: The 'brew link' step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
You can try again using 'brew link python
So I went ahead and typed
brew link python
and got
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.6... Warning: Could not link python. Unlinking...
Error: Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/smtpd2.py
Target /usr/local/bin/smtpd2.py already exists. You may need to delete it.
To force the link and overwrite all other conflicting files, do:
brew link --overwrite formula_name
Should I do it? What does is mean to link python in this context, let alone force-link it, and what's formula_name?
This question is similar but also different, so I'm afraid to try the top rated answer as it might just dig me deeper into the rabbit hole that I am stuck in right now.