Python 2.6 on Mac 10.7 doesn't work
Hi, I am trying to install Python 2.6 on Mac OS Lion. Here is what I did: 1- Download Mac Installer disk image (2.6) (sig) from http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6/ 2- Install it 3- Run Python Luncher, go to Python Luncher preferences, and change the interpreter to Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pythonw Now that I want to open IDLE and open my old projects, it doesn't run! Is there anything that I am missing? oh btw, I used to use Python 2.6.7 that comes preinstalled on Mac OS. I really appreciate your help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python 2.6 on Mac 10.7 doesn't work
On 17/07/12 15:47:05, Naser Nikandish wrote: Hi, I am trying to install Python 2.6 on Mac OS Lion. Here is what I did: 1- Download Mac Installer disk image (2.6) (sig) from http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6/ 2- Install it 3- Run Python Luncher, go to Python Luncher preferences, and change the interpreter to Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pythonw Now that I want to open IDLE and open my old projects, it doesn't run! Is there anything that I am missing? You may be missing a leading slash. The path to pythonw is /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pythonw oh btw, I used to use Python 2.6.7 that comes preinstalled on Mac OS. That could also be the problem. You could try using the Python you've downloaded in step 1. I really appreciate your help. You could try opening /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and running: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pyt\ hon /Applications/Python\ 2.6/IDLE.app/Contents/MacOS/IDLE (you can type it one two lines, as shown, or as a single rather long line, leaving out the backslash-newline). That should run Idle, or, if it doesn't, it should give you a useful error message. Hope this helps, -- HansM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python 2.6 on Mac 10.7 doesn't work
In article 5005927a$0$6949$e4fe5...@news2.news.xs4all.nl, Hans Mulder han...@xs4all.nl wrote: On 17/07/12 15:47:05, Naser Nikandish wrote: I am trying to install Python 2.6 on Mac OS Lion. Here is what I did: 1- Download Mac Installer disk image (2.6) (sig) from http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.6/ 2- Install it 3- Run Python Luncher, go to Python Luncher preferences, and change the interpreter to Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pythonw Now that I want to open IDLE and open my old projects, it doesn't run! Is there anything that I am missing? You may be missing a leading slash. The path to pythonw is /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/pythonw Also keep in mind that Python 2.6 has been moved to security-fix-only mode which, among other things, means that new binary installers for OS X are not being made. The most recent OS X binary installer was 2.6.6. The system Python in OS X 10.7 Lion is 2.6.7. There has been one additional security fix release for 2.6 (2.6.8) since then. If you need Python 2, you really should consider moving to Python 2.7, which is already at 2.7.3 and is fully maintained. (The most recent Python 3 release is 3.2.3, also fully maintained.) -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
