Ronald, I was sure that was the case re: python.org installation. It's strange that it installed in two different locations, I really have no idea how that might have come about. FYI I've included a pic of the file pathways when you look at the interpreter photo. I'd first installed python using terminal btw.
Ian > On Aug 20, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Ronald Oussoren <ronaldousso...@mac.com> wrote: > > >> On 20 Aug 2017, at 05:56, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 20 August 2017 at 05:27, Ian Hartley <iahar...@ucsd.edu> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm using PyCharm CE as my development environment, on a macintosh running >>> mac OS 10.12.3. >> >> Ah, that would explain why my intuitions were all wrong - I know how the >> Windows and *nix installation models work (and I believe the latter also >> covers homebrew on macOS), but not how the macOS framework installers work :) > > FWIW: The framework installers on python.org work just like the other > installers on upgrades: installing 3.6.2 on a system already running 3.6.1 > replaces the 3.6.1 installation and doesn’t perform a side-by-side > installation. The major differences w.r.t. a *nix installation are having an > “odd” sys.prefix, and having different sys.prefix values for different > feature releases. > > Ronald
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