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Re: [Visualpython-users] Mac OS X install questions
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From: tvschem <tv...@sb...> - 2012-10-08 15:51:02
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Bruce, Vpython is working fine for me on mountain lion. Paul ____________________________ Paul D. Price Science Department Chairman Trinity Valley School tv...@sb... Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Bruce Sherwood <Bru...@nc...> wrote: > There is some confusion about OSX version numbers (the OSX versions > with which a particular Python will work are overly conservative), but > at least until recently the files available on the vpython.org Mac > download page definitely worked. However, I wonder whether the latest > Mac OSX (Mountain Lion) has broken VPython. Does someone on this list > have access to Mountain Lion and can report whether VPython works? > > As for your students, what version of OSX are they using? > > Because the bulk of VPython is written in C++, it has to be compiled > for specific versions of Python. So no, you can't take a VPython > module built for some version of Python other than 3.3 and use it with > Python 3.3. > > Bruce Sherwood > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Cowal, Vince <vc...@je...> wrote: >> The vpython.org download page for python 3.2 links to a .dmg file on the >> python site for Mac OS X 10.3-10.6. I do not have a Mac, and many of my >> students who do use Macs are saying the 10.3 dmg file "is not working" with >> vpython. What I find particularly confusing is that the 10.3 dmg file is >> stated as being for OS X 10.3 to 10.6, and then the more recent file is for >> 10.6 to 10.7. Perhaps the intervals are only half-open, but it looks to the >> students as if either one should work for 10.6. >> >> I have two questions. >> >> 1. Will Visual Python work with the more recent .dmg file for Python 3.2 >> for Max OS X 10.6 and later? >> 2. Will Visual Python work with either of the Python 3.3 installs for Mac? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. >> Vince >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM >> Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly >> what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app >> Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Visualpython-users mailing list >> Vis...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Visualpython-users mailing list > Vis...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/visualpython-users |
