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Expand Up @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ You can pass many options to the configure script; run ``./configure --help``
to find out more. On macOS and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``;
elsewhere it's just ``python``.

If you are running on macOS with the latest updates installed, make sure to install
openSSL or some other SSL software along with Homebrew or another package manager.
If issues persist, see https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos-and-os-x for more
information.

On macOS, if you have configured Python with ``--enable-framework``, you
should use ``make frameworkinstall`` to do the installation. Note that this
installs the Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH,
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