In article <CAKCKLWwbY2DAywF=f_k=h9ovkhjjq+prkng60q9d5xte+vg...@mail.gmail.com>, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9 August 2011 20:42, Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> wrote: > > > In article > > <CAKCKLWxR4Ubyh4sQJoyuan7=jfdzx62trafvhenc6udpuec...@mail.gmail.com>, > > Michael Foord <fuzzy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've installed Python on OS X Lion on two computers - one with Lion > > > preinstalled and one upgraded from Snow Leopard. I used both Python.org > > and > > > Activestate installers. > > > > > > In all cases (I'm pretty sure) the installation required elevation and > > the > > > installed Python was 'owned' by root - meaning any changes (e.g. > > > installation into site-packages) must be sudo'd. > > > > > > This is a change from previous versions of OS X. Is this known, and is it > > an > > > issue? (I chown'd everything back to me to get round it.) > > > > I can't speak to the ActiveState installer but for the python.org > > installers installation has always required a username with > > administrator privilege. That hasn't changed in Lion. And, even though > > owned by root, when logged in via an admin username, you should be able > > to install packages to its default location (using python setup.py or > > easy_install or pip) without sudo. > > > I don't believe that is actually the case in Lion due to the changes pointed > out by Nicholas. Odd! So far, this works for me on Lion with the current python.org installer (3.2.1 at least). Perhaps you can be more specific about exactly how to reproduce what has changed for you. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG
