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The Error When Installing Python 2.7.15 under MacOS 10.14

I need a Python 2.7.15 environment to run something on my Mac(MacOS 10.14). So I run:

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pyenv install 2.7.15

But I gett the following error:

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-> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.15/Python-2.7.15.tar.xz
Installing Python-2.7.15...
python-build: use readline from homebrew
ERROR: The Python zlib extension was not compiled. Missing the zlib?

Please consult to the Wiki page to fix the problem.
https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Common-build-problems


BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.14 using python-build 1.2.7-11-g835707da)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/mk/y3g2kcsd52vcnr19q94wg2hm0000gn/T/python-build.20190426114725.37557
Results logged to /var/folders/mk/y3g2kcsd52vcnr19q94wg2hm0000gn/T/python-build.20190426114725.37557.log

Last 10 log lines:
rm -f /Users/maxhuang/.pyenv/versions/2.7.15/share/man/man1/python.1
(cd /Users/maxhuang/.pyenv/versions/2.7.15/share/man/man1; ln -s python2.1 python.1)
if test "xno" != "xno"  ; then \
        case no in \
            upgrade) ensurepip="--upgrade" ;; \
            install|*) ensurepip="" ;; \
        esac; \
         ./python.exe -E -m ensurepip \
            $ensurepip --root=/ ; \
    fi
exit 1

“brew install zlib” doesn’t fix the issue.

Google the problem and get a solution from here, run the following command:

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CPPFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix zlib)/include" pyenv install 2.7.15

The issue is solved.

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