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Bai

Hi, I have problem with my installation. I use OS X El Capitan (10.11.6).

$ ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3.7 /usr/local/bin/python
ln: /usr/local/bin/python: Permission denied
users-mbp:bin Bai$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/python*
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 68 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/python -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 75 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/python-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/python2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 76 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/python2-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 71 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 78 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/python2.7-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69 Apr 23 01:21 /usr/local/bin/python3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 76 Apr 23 01:21 /usr/local/bin/python3-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 71 Apr 23 01:21 /usr/local/bin/python3.8 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3.8
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 78 Apr 23 01:21 /usr/local/bin/python3.8-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3.8-config
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/pythonw -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 70 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/pythonw2 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 72 Apr 23 00:34 /usr/local/bin/pythonw2.7 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2.7

Can u help me to solve it ?