Hi Richard, You could also try Homebrew for OSX: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
I just did a "brew update" and 2.7.1 is there. -Bri On Nov 28, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Richard Fuhr wrote: > Actually I don't really need 2.7.1 and, in fact, I have already been using > 2.7 for quite some time. > > The only reason that I posted the question on the board was that I am new to > Python and the whole installation process. > > When I saw that 2.7.1 had just been released yesterday I thought it would be > nice to install the latest version. When I was puzzled as to the lack of a > self-contained installer for the Mac, I posted the question. > > But, you're right, I can certainly stick with 2.7 > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:24 AM, James Thiele <[email protected]> wrote: > The link I sent is to 2.7. Do you really *need* 2.7.1? 2.7 and 2.7.1 have > same features. > > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Richard Fuhr <[email protected]> wrote: > A DMG file is exactly what I was looking for, but It looks like the time > stamps on the files at http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/ are from July, > 2010 and therefore would not have the latest version of Python (2.7.1). > > So is the best thing to do, just keep an eye on > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/ until there is a more recent time stamp? > > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 11:06 AM, James Thiele <[email protected]> wrote: > try: > > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/python-2.7-macosx10.5.dmg > > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Richard Fuhr <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like Python 2.7.1 has just come out. > > See http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.1/ > > What is the best way of installing 2.7.1 on a Mac running Snow Leopard? > > There doesn't seem to be an installer, as there is for Windows. > > I downloaded > Gzipped source tar ball (2.7.1) (sig) > but it is not clear to me what to do with it. > > The zip file decompresses into a folder named Python-2.7.1, which is on my > desktop, which contains the following. > > drwxr-x---@ 28 richardfuhr staff 952 Nov 27 07:29 Doc > drwxr-x---@ 134 richardfuhr staff 4556 Nov 27 07:13 Modules > drwxr-x---@ 253 richardfuhr staff 8602 Nov 27 07:12 Lib > drwxr-x---@ 11 richardfuhr staff 374 Nov 27 07:08 RISCOS > drwxr-x---@ 39 richardfuhr staff 1326 Nov 27 07:08 PC > drwxr-x---@ 23 richardfuhr staff 782 Nov 27 07:08 Tools > drwxr-x---@ 15 richardfuhr staff 510 Nov 27 07:08 Mac > drwxr-x---@ 25 richardfuhr staff 850 Nov 27 07:07 Parser > drwxr-x---@ 36 richardfuhr staff 1224 Nov 27 07:07 Misc > drwxr-x---@ 46 richardfuhr staff 1564 Nov 27 07:07 Objects > drwxr-x---@ 23 richardfuhr staff 782 Nov 27 07:07 Demo > drwxr-x---@ 3 richardfuhr staff 102 Nov 27 07:07 Grammar > drwxr-x---@ 93 richardfuhr staff 3162 Nov 27 07:07 Include > drwxr-x---@ 54 richardfuhr staff 1836 Nov 27 07:07 PCbuild > drwxr-x---@ 74 richardfuhr staff 2516 Nov 27 07:07 Python > -rw-r-----@ 1 richardfuhr staff 53731 Nov 27 06:40 README > -rwxr-x---@ 1 richardfuhr staff 404989 Oct 31 18:47 configure > -rw-r-----@ 1 richardfuhr staff 125823 Oct 31 18:47 configure.in > -rw-r-----@ 1 richardfuhr staff 89384 Oct 31 09:40 setup.py > -rw-r-----@ 1 richardfuhr staff 34163 Oct 15 17:53 pyconfig.h.in > -rw-r-----@ 1 richardfuhr staff 40774 Oct 14 04:37 Makefile.pre.in > -rw-r-----@ 1 richardfuhr staff 14231 Jul 3 06:34 LICENSE > -rwxr-x---@ 1 richardfuhr staff 7122 Jun 13 2003 install-sh > > There is a very lengthy README file, but I am not sure how much of it > applies, or whether installation should really be that complicated. > > If anyone has already installed 2.7.1 on your Mac running Snow Leopard, what > did you do? > > I also posted this on our UW Python class mailing list, but thought I would > post it here too. > > > > > > -- > Some radio waves were modulated in the creation of this email. > > > > > -- > Some radio waves were modulated in the creation of this email. >
