On Nov 17, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
Philip Semanchuk wrote:
On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Massi wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Python2.6 on my mac (Leopard
10.5.5), but I'm encountering some problems. To install the
package I
followed the instructions I found at this link:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/Leopard
If I open wing, it turns out that the installed version is actually
2.6, but if i run python from terminal it displays version 2.5.1,
that
is the default version for leopard. Furthermore I can't launch idle.
I'm pretty new to mac os environment so forgive me if my questions
are
silly. Any hint?
Your terminal is using the shell environment -- specifically the PATH
-- to find Python. Although your Python is probably installed in a
Framework directory, one doesn't typically put Framework directories
in the PATH. Instead, your install may have created symlinks in /usr/
bin or /usr/local/bin to your Python 2.6 install. If, for instance,
those symlinks live in /usr/local/bin, then put that directory first
in your path and then typing `python` at the command line will launch
Python 2.6.
AFAIK there are no symlinks at all created, everything resides
under /Library/Framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin.
Sorry if I misinformed; I have such symlinks in /usr/local/bin dated
the same day as my custom Python install. I guess I could have created
them myself, but I don't think I would have bothered creating a
symlink for pythonw, for example since I never use it.
A note to the OP: be cautious about replacing /usr/bin/python with
your new
& shiny 2.6! That is likely to break the system, as OSX
uses /usr/bin/python and expects it to be the standard version
shipped.
Creating
/usr/bin/python2.6
should be safe though.
Good point, once again I'm sorry for my sloppy information.
bye
Philip
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