Tony> I do want 2.7 because it's a requirement at work. I want to have Tony> the same versions & packages to avoid compatibility issues.
Tony> I can put Python2.7 in a different directory and leave 2.6 there Tony> but I want the 2.7 installation to be the default one. Default for you or default for the system? It's easy to make it the default for you. Just make sure the installation directory appears in your PATH ahead of /usr/bin. I believe the installer does that by default. I just installed the 2.7 framework build the other day. Now it appears ahead of my other locations: % type -a python python is /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python python is /Users/skip/local/bin/python python is /usr/local/bin/python python is /usr/bin/python You almost certainly *don't* want it to replace /usr/bin/python. That's Apple's territory. I don't know where Apple might put proprietary modules, but it's somewhere in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5 (on Leopard, at least). If you were to overwrite /usr/bin/python you'd deprive any system Python apps from modules they need. In the just-installed 2.7 I mentioned above I find 103 shared object files. In the above /System/.../2.5 directory I find 213. My guess is that many of them were put there by Apple. Resist the temptation. Make it your default, not the system default. -- Skip Montanaro - s...@pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG