Charles Hartman wrote:
> I'm getting really tired of not understanding this: Can someone point
> me to some single place that explains the whole path / PATH /
> PYTHONPATH arrangement for Python? I know there are two sorts on the
> Mac, framework and /usr, and I know some other bits and pieces, but I
> have no clear overall picture.
>
> This came to my attention when I downloaded and installed IPython,
> which looks very nifty. I put it in my MacPython folder in /
> Applications -- but that's not really where it belongs,
I think ipython is an executable script, so you want to put it where
those go. For stuff not installed by Apple, that is usually:
/usr/local/bin
then you want to make sure /usr/local/bin is on your PATH. You do that
by adding it to your /Users/YourName/.profile file, like this:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
A little googling should give you more info if you need it.
One more complication: the default dist-utils install directory for
scripts is not /usr/local/bin. It's a bin directory buried in the depths
of the Framework somewhere (I can't tell you where, as I'm at home on my
Linux box right now). You may want to add that to your PATH too. The
upcoming new installer is going to do that for you.
good luck,
-Chris
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