[Visualpython-users] instructions for installing vpython on Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)

[Aaron T. <ti...@ma...>]

I assume that a binary installation of Fink will be made available  
for Mac OS 10.4 soon. However, for those who would like to install  
VPython right away, here are instructions for doing so:



Note:  the following instructions are for installing VPython on Mac  
OS 10.4 (Tiger) using Fink 0.7.1. You will compile Fink and visual- 
py23, with its dependencies, from source. Installing the visual-py23  
package, which depends on gcc3.1 and python23, took approximately 3  
hours on my Titanium PowerBook G4.

1. Follow the instructions for "users of the unstable tree" at http:// 
fink.sourceforge.net/ under the heading "News 2005-04-29: Fink and  
Tiger". Use a Terminal shell for typing your commands.

Note that I followed the instructions for "users of the unstable  
tree" and did not "bootstrap" an installation of Fink; though you may  
be able to bootstrap Fink as well.

Note that when running "Fink selfupdate," it will ask:

"This fink version introduces new settings stored in the fink  
configuration file '/sw/etc/fink.conf'. You should rerun the  
configuration process. Do you want to configure now?"

The default is "N"; however, you should answer "y". Answering "N"  
will give the following error:

"Please remember to call 'fink configure' later!

done.

Re-executing fink to use the new version...
Failed: no matching version found for gettext"

Use default responses for all other questions.

2. Using Fink Commander, install the visual-py23 package from source.  
If you do not use Fink Commander, type the command "fink install  
visual-py23" in a Terminal shell.

3. To run vpython scripts from a Terminal shell, you will have to  
link /usr/bin/python to /sw/bin/python23 using the following commands:

     sudo rm /usr/bin/python
     sudo ln -s /sw/bin/python23 /usr/bin/python



Thanks again, Martin, for your help :-)

Aaron