Chris Thanks, I have since found out that downloading the source and doing a build and install everything is OK. Next I will check if it works with any eggs available.
Thanks again Robert On 27 Feb 2008, at 19:43, Christopher Barker wrote: > Robert Anderson wrote: >> I am running a factory installation of Leopard and command line >> Python appears to run OK. However, when I attempted to install a >> downloaded package, PYTZ for example, > > where are you downloading it from, and in what form? > > If it's a .mpgk, or .pkg, then it was built for a particular python > install, probably MacPython, not Apple's. > > So you need to either find a package built for Leopard's python, or > download a tarball and install it with distutils (python setup.py > install). > > if there are eggs available, they MIGHT work, too. > >> From the Python website I found the following link concerned with >> installing additional items, in particular IDLE: >> http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/Leopard > > That hack should work for any other package built for MacPython2.5 > -- you'll have to give us more details as to exactly what you did, > and what happened. > > -Chris > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
