[Visualpython-users] Make Mac Installer More Flexible?

[Seth M. <sm...@ps...>]

Hello, 

I am trying to install VPython through Mac installer, and it is telling me that I need to install the 32 bit Python from Python.org.  The problem is, I already have a 32-bit Python installed (using homebrew), but it's not installed where the Python.org binary installer would install to.  As a result,  VPython is not detecting it.  I have also noticed this issue on systems using the Enthought Python Distribution (which has separate 64 and 32 bit Pythons as well), and I would imagine that Python from MacPorts and Fink would have the same issue, but I've never tried these.

Would it be possible to add a button to the installer that says "I know what I'm doing" to bypass the need for the Python.org installation?  Or,  better yet, if VPython does not detect the 32-bit Python from Python.org, ask the user to give the path of their 32-bit installation to verify that VPython will work.

Thanks!

Seth Morton