Hi, I used to use python from macports. But it seems to be inconvenient and many python packages are not available in macports. Once you start using macport for python packages, basically you lose the opportunity to use any native method for installing python packages.
Therefore, I recommend to remove all python package entirely from macports to reduce any future confusion, unless all the python packages can be found in macports repository (which is unlike to happen). Although I'm no expert on python, to use python and any python packages, I find that the following method the most convenient. Download the python installation dmg from the following link for the target Mac OS architecture. http://www.python.org/getit/ Set the following environment variables (in bash, change it according if you use a different shell). export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:$PATH export MANPATH=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/share/man:$MANPATH Install easy_install by following instructions here http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#cygwin-mac-os-x-linux-other Install all python packages using easy_install. For example, to install mercurial (for that matter, I also recommend removing mercurial from macports), run the following command. easy_install -U mercurial Just my 2 cents. -- Regards, Peng
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