This is really a build question, rather than a distributuion question -- I"d try the pythonmac list:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig I recall that readline is a bit of a pain on the Mac, but don't recall the solution (nor am I running 10.8 yet). Good luck, -Chris On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Alan <alanwil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I am trying to install readline and cx_Oracle on my Mac OSX 10.8.4. I've > just installed python 2.7.3 standard in my $HOME dir and then I did: > > export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH > ~/setuptools-0.7.7 > python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME > > which worked. > > I tried to installed ipython 0.13.2 which seems to have worked but it fails > to start because of readline. > > easy_install readline > Searching for readline > Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/readline/ > Best match: readline 6.2.4.1 > Downloading > https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/readline/readline-6.2.4.1.tar.gz#md5=578237939c81fdbc2c8334d168b17907 > Processing readline-6.2.4.1.tar.gz > Writing > /var/folders/0c/n_0by3qj74bg5m68fxrw2kw40000gp/T/easy_install-3WQA6K/readline-6.2.4.1/setup.cfg > Running readline-6.2.4.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir > /var/folders/0c/n_0by3qj74bg5m68fxrw2kw40000gp/T/easy_install-3WQA6K/readline-6.2.4.1/egg-dist-tmp-eyGcUE > error: Setup script exited with error: $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET mismatch: > now "10.3" but "10.4" during configure > > How can solve this problem please? > > Thanks in advance, > > Alan > > -- > Alan Wilter SOUSA da SILVA, DSc > Bioinformatician, UniProt - PANDA, EMBL-EBI > CB10 1SD, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK > +44 1223 49 4588 > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig