James Stroud wrote: > Thomas Nelson wrote: > >>I just purchased a new macbook (os 10.4.6), and I'm trying to install >>python 2.4 on it. I downloaded and ran the two installers recommended >>at http://www.python.org/download/mac/. Now I have IDLE, which runs >>2.4.1, but typing "python" at a terminal still opens 2.3.5, because it >>points to /usr/bin/python. Is there a way to run python 2.4 without >>idle? If I want to do a unix style script, something like >>#!/usr/bin/python >>print "hello world" >>what can I put on the first line that will cause python 2.4 to >>interpret my code? >> >>Thanks a lot. >>THN > > The python in /usr/bin is a link (to a link). You can do this: > > sudo rm /usr/bin/python > sudo ln -s \ > /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin/python \ > /usr/bin/python
No, for the love of all that is holy, don't do that! OS X depends on stuff in /usr/bin/. Don't pull the carpet out from under your OS! The python executables from the Python 2.4 installer are installed to /usr/local/bin/. I believe that the Universal binary that Alex linked to takes care of adjusting the PATH environment variable such that this is exposed. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
