If you are running Leopard (OS X 10.5) on an Intel Mac, and you don't
intend to use the Fink package manager for anything other than
installing VPython, you can use the quick and easy VPython installer
prepared by John Armstrong and now available on the Mac download page at
vpython.org.
THANK YOU, JOHN!! This will be particularly helpful for people who want
to install VPython on a large number of Macs.
The new installer creates a folder /sw containing just those Fink
packages needed for VPython (Python 2.5, the Visual module, and the
Numeric module, for a total download file of 23 MB).
The installer also creates in the Applications folder a convenient
VPython icon for starting up the IDLE program editor. The File open menu
offers you many demo programs you can run.
Before running VPython programs, go to the X11 preferences, and in the
Input section choose "Emulate three button mouse", in order to be able
to rotate (Command-drag) and zoom (Option-drag).
Bruce Sherwood
P.S. John is also looking into making similar installers for other Mac
configurations. And there is ongoing work to make a true native-mode
version that doesn't need X11.
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