On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Massi wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to install Python2.6 on my mac (Leopard 10.5.5), but I'm encountering some problems. To install the package I followed the instructions I found at this link: http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/Leopard If I open wing, it turns out that the installed version is actually 2.6, but if i run python from terminal it displays version 2.5.1, that is the default version for leopard. Furthermore I can't launch idle. I'm pretty new to mac os environment so forgive me if my questions are silly. Any hint?
Your terminal is using the shell environment -- specifically the PATH -- to find Python. Although your Python is probably installed in a Framework directory, one doesn't typically put Framework directories in the PATH. Instead, your install may have created symlinks in /usr/ bin or /usr/local/bin to your Python 2.6 install. If, for instance, those symlinks live in /usr/local/bin, then put that directory first in your path and then typing `python` at the command line will launch Python 2.6.
If the symlinks aren't there, you can create them by hand. HTH Philip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
