Re: [Visualpython-users] Mac newbie needs more help

[Gary P. <pa...@in...>]

I did a "locate gcc" and got a bunch of headers and libraries.  Nothing that
looked like an executable.  Certainly nothing in any .../bin directory.

(BTW sorry this is slightly OT, but the only reason [at the moment] that I
need to resolve this is to get visual running.  I'll take this issue
elsewhere if you want, or if you think I'll ge better results, and you can
tell me where to take it.)

Is gcc something that comes with OSX (Darwin)?  or does it install with the
Developer Tools? or something else?

To install the Developer Tools I double clicked the "Package"  (I think)
icon in the Dev.Tools folder... I didn't touch anything in the sub
directory.   Then I waited a very long time while the computer did
*something*.   It must have told me that the installation was successfully
completed; I think I'd have noticed if it didn't.  Does all that sound
right?

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm begining to pine for MS ...
specifically WinXP.

-gary


> You may want to check that gcc is in your path. For instance, "which
> gcc" or "gcc -v" should return something that makes sense. For me,
> "which gcc" returns "/usr/local/bin".
>
> I did have one problem with the Numeric installation, which was rather
> strange. Setup gave an error because it couldn't find /sw/bin/python
> even though I ran python2.2 to set up Numeric, so I created a symbolic
> link /sw/bin/python that pointed to /sw/bin/python2.2.
>
> I assume that you specifically installed Python 2.2 from Fink and are
> using python2.2 to run your scripts.
>
> I dont' think that's the magic incantation, but talking to your
> computer with a nice voice always helps :-)
>
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