Philip Semanchuk wrote: > > 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.
AFAIK there are no symlinks at all created, everything resides under /Library/Framework/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin. A note to the OP: be cautious about replacing /usr/bin/python with your new & shiny 2.6! That is likely to break the system, as OSX uses /usr/bin/python and expects it to be the standard version shipped. Creating /usr/bin/python2.6 should be safe though. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list