pythoncard-users

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

[Victor v. R. <vic...@gm...>]

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?

Thx

victor

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

[Alex T. <al...@tw...>]

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

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

[Victor v. R. <vic...@gm...>]

That solution worked perfectly well. Alex, thanks! PythonCard is  
installed in the site-packages in /Library/Frameworks/ 
python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4. So that is good.

Now, when I started the so-called Acid Test I get an error in the new  
installation:

- "The document "minimal.py" could not be opened."
- But after a while it opens!

When I open a console I see the following:
- $ "/usr/bin/pythonw"  "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ 
Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/PythonCard/samples/minimal/ 
minimal.py"  && echo Exit status: $? && exit 1
(while minimal is open - that seems to be correct uh?

Does anyone know why I get this error. Have set all the settings as  
displayed in the installation guide.

Thanks again,

Victor


On 2 Feb 2007, at 01:05, 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
>
>

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
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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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