Re: [Pythoncard-users] Installation on OSX10.4 [Newbie]

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Alex Tweedly wrote:
> Victor van Reijswoud wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have just tried to install PythonCard 0.8.2. Followed the  
>> instructions on http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/ 
>> macosx_tiger_installation.html.
>>
>> installation of Python and wxPython seem to go as described.  
>> PythonCard, however does not installs in:
>> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
>> python2.3/site-packages/PythonCard/
>>
>> While it was expected to install in 2.4.
>>
>> Python seems to work though.
>>
>> What can I best do?
>>   
> I haven't got quite that far yet (and having been a PC user until 
> recently, I am still somewhat confused by the complex way things are 
> stored on Mac), but I suspect the problem may arise from this part of 
> the instructions ....
> 
> (the context is installing Python2.4, then wxPython and then PythonCard)
> 
>> Installing PythonCard
>>
>> The PythonCard-0.8.2.tar.gz file you downloaded should automatically 
>> be decompressed by Stuffit; if the file isn't already decompressed, 
>> then double-click the PythonCard-0.8.2.tar.gz file. You should now 
>> have a PythonCard-0.8.2 directory on your desktop. Open the Terminal 
>> application and do a cd to that directory and then run the setup.py 
>> script using the 2.3 Python you just installed. The sudo command will 
>> prompt you for your password.
> The second last sentence should, I think, say " ...using the 2.4 Python 
> you just installed".
> 
> For me, simply typing the "sudo python  ..." command that follows would 
> indeed use the system default 2.3 Python - and hence install it in the 
> wrong Framework directory.
> 
> You may be able to simply do
> 
> sudo /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin/python2.4 
> setup.py install
> 
> but note I haven't yet tried it, and could easily be wrong, since I 
> don't fully understand this complexity.
> 
> There must be a recommended way to get a newly installed version (e.g. 
> 2.4) to be more easily used
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Alex Tweedly      mailto:al...@tw...      www.tweedly.net
> 
> 
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A good alternative to the instructions on the web page is to use 
MacPorts - http://www.macports.org/

Follow their instructions to get the base library installed and then 
fire up the terminal prompt and type;

$ sudo port install python24 py-wxpython

That way you can track upstream fixes and releases by typing;

$ sudo port upgrade outdated


Regards,
Andy
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