On Feb 19, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:
OK, I installed MacPython 2.3.5. Everything seems OK, but I'm not clear on a few things:
1. I moved my old MacPython-2.3 folder (the Panther MacPython extensions) to MacPython-2.3-bak. Any reason to save any of this stuff?
If you have a reason to run those tools with the system Python you should keep it.
2. Is 2.3.5 a drop-in replacement for the Apple bits, or does it install
beside it?
Nothing should ever replace any Apple bits, except for PantherPythonFix which makes some slight but necessary modifications.
3. Any issues with PATH that I need to be aware of? "which python"
points to /usr/bin/python, and running command-line Python brings up the
Apple-installed version. Do I need to add the new Python to my path? If
so, where is it?
You don't "need" to do anything.. but it's in /usr/local/bin and /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin. The former might have other stuff in it installed by other applications, but the latter ONLY has Python (and perhaps some tools installed by distutils).
4. wxPython applications run fine--but which Python are they running against?
Everything you install from a .pkg is built for the Apple Python 2.3.0, so it is using the original Python. You'll have to compile and install wxPython yourself with and for this Python 2.3.5.
5. If I need to uninstall 2.3.5, is it easy, or do I need to reinstall my OS?
# note that this will wipe out a Python 2.4 framework if you have that installed too.
sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/python{,w,2.3,2.4}
6. A lot of the apps I package were done so using the older PythonIDE's
"build applet" function. I require users to install the MacPython
extensions for Panther as a dependency. Will anything I bundle using the
newer stuff require the entire installation of Python 2.3.5 as a
dependency, or should things be OK?
Everything you build with "build applet" will most likely require a full installation of Python 2.3.5 if it works at all. bundlebuilder can break down pretty quickly once you have multiple Pythons around.
I wouldn't recommend that you bother with this Python unless you know you *NEED* it (i.e. Zope), or you are using OS X 10.2.
-bob
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