Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Interactive shell
than one way, but I think the most common is to create a file called .profile, and put it in your home directory. Put in this line: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin I'd use '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile', because 'export' is bash syntax -- '.profile' should be read by any shell, and tcsh (e.g. default in OSX 10.2) doesn't understand that. BTW this file lives in you home folder (~ = /Users/yourname). If you don't know how to edit 'invisible' files (file name starting with a dot): You can see them with 'ls -al' and rename them with 'mv .dotname othername' (then open with TextEdit and rename again afterwards). If you want to check which python you're using, try 'which python'. Best regards, Henning Hraban Ramm Südkurier Medienhaus / MediaPro Support/Admin/Development Dept. ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Interactive shell
I've never been able to figure out when to use .profile vs .bashrc, but I thought it had to do with only one of them being run when a subshell was started, or something like that. I do note that on both my OS-X and Linux boxes, /etc/profile sources bashrc, and uses bash syntax, so it sure looks like a bash-specific config file to me. -Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd use '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile', because 'export' is bash syntax -- '.profile' should be read by any shell, and tcsh (e.g. default in OSX 10.2) doesn't understand that. BTW this file lives in you home folder (~ = /Users/yourname). -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/ORR/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Interactive shell
You need to create a link in /usr/bin to python2.4. If at the prompt you do a $ ls -lai /usr/bin/python* You should see files for python, python2.3, and python2.4. All of these are links - python2.3 and python2.4 should link back to their respective framework directories (on my machine, 2.3 is in /System, 2.4 is in /Library). What I would do next is to cd to /usr/bin and remove the old python link: $ cd /usr/bin $ sudo rm python Then create a new link to the 2.4 python: $ sudo ln -s python2.4 python Now when you type python at the prompt it should bring you to 2.4. Abe Mathews On 11/22/05 10:23 AM, Jeremy Conlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed/upgraded python by using the package from http://undefined.org/python/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg. I just want the latest version of python so I can use matplotlib (among other things). However, it doesn't seem that the python I use from the terminal is version 2.4.x. What must I do so that when I type python on the command line of the terminal I get version 2.4.x? Thanks, Jeremy ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Interactive shell
This is a much better solution. Sorry I didn't read the archives first. Jeremy On 11/22/05, Chris Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abe Mathews wrote: You need to create a link in /usr/bin to python2.4. Sorry Abe, but: DON'T DO THAT There are standard ways to do things that will prevent you from messing up your system. Rule of thumb: don't mess with anything in /usr or /system. That's Apple's job. When you add things, if they are are unixy then you'll put them in /usr/local (that's what local means, more of less). So, the Python you installed probably already put python and python2.4 in /usr/local/bin. What you need to do is put /usr/local/bin on your path. There are are a lot docs on the web about how to do this, and more than one way, but I think the most common is to create a file called .profile, and put it in your home directory. Put in this line: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin If .profile already existed, then just add this line to it restart terminal, and, to see if you did it right, type: echo $PATH And you should get a colon separated list of directories in which the shell will look for executables. Now when you type: python on the command line, you'll get the old, Apple supplied python. when you type: python2.4 you'll get the new one. In addition, I like to put: #!/usr/bin/env python2.4 at the top of scripts to make sure I get the right python. If you are quite sure that you want your own stuff to take precedence of system stuff, you can change that line to: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH That will put /usr/local/bin in the front of the search path, so the shell will find the python in there before the system one. IN this case, python will get you 2.4, and to get the old one, you'll need to type: python2.3 or /usr/bin/python (by the way, this has been discussed ad nausium on this list in the past) -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/ORR/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Interactive shell
On 22-nov-2005, at 17:56, Abe Mathews wrote: You need to create a link in /usr/bin to python2.4. If at the prompt you do a $ ls -lai /usr/bin/python* You should see files for python, python2.3, and python2.4. Not if you installed the official installer DMG, it installs the interpreter in /usr/local/bin. ll of these are links - python2.3 and python2.4 should link back to their respective framework directories (on my machine, 2.3 is in /System, 2.4 is in /Library). What I would do next is to cd to /usr/bin and remove the old python link: $ cd /usr/bin $ sudo rm python Then create a new link to the 2.4 python: $ sudo ln -s python2.4 python Don't do this, you're replacing a system component. This might break OS functionality (Apple uses Python in the PDF workflow). You should add /usr/local/bin to the front of your PATH instead. Now when you type python at the prompt it should bring you to 2.4. Abe Mathews On 11/22/05 10:23 AM, Jeremy Conlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed/upgraded python by using the package from http://undefined.org/python/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg. I just want the latest version of python so I can use matplotlib (among other things). However, it doesn't seem that the python I use from the terminal is version 2.4.x. What must I do so that when I type python on the command line of the terminal I get version 2.4.x? Thanks, Jeremy ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig ___ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
