On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 6:14 PM, <artha...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi, > I am using a Mac PPC with Tiger 10.4.11 and I recently downloaded and > installed Python 2.6.2. and I am having difficulties getting started. > I purchased "Python Programming, 2nd Ed. for the absolute beginner" by > Michael Dawson because he uses games to teach programming and the book got > great reviews at Amazon.com. > When I opened the CD that came with the Python book I could not open the > software (Pygame, Livewires, etc.) and there was no reference to Mac or > Windows unless it was in the file names which I don't know. > I went to Pygame website > http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml > "Macintosh" to download Pygame > "These are packages for the python from python.org, not the system python. > These packages work with OSX 10.3.9 upwards. > # pygame-1.8.1release-py2.5-macosx10.5.zip > # pygame-1.8.1release-py2.4-macosx10.5.zip > # pyobjc-1.4-py2.5-macosx10.4.mpkg.zip - pyobjc is needed for OSX 10.3, > 10.4, and 10.5." > and for the first time using this Mac I couldn't install anything. All three > installation attempts ended with a red exclamation point over the Macintosh > HD icon and a button saying "Go Back." The "Continue" button was grayed out. > What am I missing? > Setting up Python to learn through Dawson's book is becoming too much for me > and I haven't even looked at Livewires and the other stuff. Has any Mac > users here worked with this book or know where I can go for further > assistance? I'm just about ready to send it back to Amazon.com (along with
I haven't used Pygame, but you could try installing Fink (http://www.finkproject.org/index.php) and then installing Python and Pygame through it. I've had very good experiences installing Python packages thru Fink. Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
