Hi All,
Thanks for the advice!
However, I'm pretty sure I don't need the overhead of a fink or MacPorts
install -- I've been very happy with Framwork installs so far (and I'm
pretty sure that's necessary for PyObjC).
I think the detailed questions are: is there a way to use PyObjC with
a self-installed Framework install (or at least, will it be possible
once 2.6 comes out)? Alternately, is there any problem installing new
versions of (say) numpy with the built-in python (e.g., by using
easy_install)?
Yours,
Andrew
Frank Schima wrote:
Hi Andrew,
On Aug 21, 2008, at 9:11 AM, Andrew Jaffe wrote:
I know this comes up every few months, but there is never a definitive
answer given.
The short version is: what is the best Python to use under Leopard?
The longer version is: What is the best Python to use under leopard if:
- I want to use PyObjC
- I want to use more recent versions of packages like numpy that
come installed
- I want to use ipython and readline
- I think I want to be able to use more recent versions of Python
(and I certainly will once 2.6 comes out).
Currently I am using a framework build of 2.5.1 (since I was doing so
under Tiger) but this seems to be a problem for pyobjc.
It would also be great if there were a single place on the web where
this is answered; if you search -- even with this group -- you get
very different pieces of advice.
I can vouch for using MacPorts to do what you want. I currently use it
for programming with the latest Python 2.5.x, numpy, scipy, ipython,
wxpython, tkinter, pmw and many more add-ons. They are all kept up to
date and it's very easy to install and maintain (i.e. keep up to date).
Python 3.0 (alpha) is supported and 2.6 is close to being added. I
cannot, though, personally vouch for pyObjC in MacPorts because I don't
use it myself - I have to support multiple platforms. But pyObjC is
supported in MacPorts.
<http://www.macports.org/>
Cheers!
Frank Schima
Boulder, CO
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