i was setting up my work environment and a cli depended on a python installation related to xcode (aws cli 1). i had to: update maco install xcode get the path at xcode -p (let's call it $RESULT` run ls on $RESULT/usr/bin and verify that it didn't contain any python then, i saw that there was a symlink ending in python3.9, i'll call it $SYMLINK. I verified the original resource with realpath $SYMLINK and, to finish it of: I created a symlink to the same folder than python3.9 with the same root, but ending in python instead. proceeded to install my original cli, and voila