On the Mac you don't really replace the pre-installed python you simply install a new one and make sure your path points to it.
On May 31, 2011, at 5:51 PM, Kevin LaTona <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Leo, > > Good thought on the virtualenv idea. > > I've been using it a bit, still not 100% comfortable with it yet though. > > Just fired virtualenv up and that solved the issue I was having for now. > > > > Back to if you where going to do a fresh install of Py 2.7 on a Mac and clear > off all older versions. > > Do you think it really matters where the new version is located? > > -Kevin > > > > > On May 31, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Leo Shklovskii wrote: > >> Kevin, >> >> If you're fine with a unixy approach to things. >> >> Give Homebrew a try: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ >> >> There's recipes/packages for a lot of the different packages and once you >> have pip running (especially combined with virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper) >> it tends to work really well. >> >> -- >> --Leo >> >> Kevin LaTona wrote: >>> Hi Larry + Chris. >>> Any thoughts on a PPC based Mac running 10.5.8 where is best place to put >>> Py 2.7.x? >>> Apple sticks files under /usr/bin >>> Python sticks files under /usr/local/bin >>> Most times things has worked so far. >>> Right now ElementTree is not liking my setup and is blowing up minidom. >>> Not sure how or why. >>> My thought is to wipe all the old PY 2.3, 2.5 and 2.7 files . >>> And only have the one version of Python 2.7 as this is all I need on this >>> machine. >>> Where do you think is the best place to put it? >>> Or does it not really matter? >>> I have noticed some developers set code up to look for the stock apple >>> location. >>> Any thoughts? >>> Thanks >>> -Kevin >>> On May 31, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Larry Bugbee wrote: >>>> Hi kevin, >>>> >>>> There are several ways, so... What is the question? ...and >>>> circumstances? >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>> On May 31, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Kevin LaTona wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Is there any one on the list that is really up on installing new versions >>>> of Python on to the Mac? >>>> >>>> And has time to answer a quick question on how best to do this? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -Kevin >>>> >>>> >> >
