On Nov 19, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Tom Elliott wrote: > I have a working project using Apple's python 2.3 and the PyObjC > bridge. I would like to build a standalone application for my co- > workers. As I understand it, this requires using a different > python. So I installed python 2.4.1 using Bob Ippolito's installer. > Since the PyObjC installer is set up for Apple's python, I built from > source, following what I guess are old instructions > > I used: > python setup.py bdist_mpkg --open > not.. > /usr/local/bin/python setup.py install (sym link to python2.4 sym > link to binary) > > I went back and did the latter, don't know if that screws things up. > I thought py2app was supposed to be there but it wasn't, python 2.4 > can't import py2app.
The docs assume that "python" is the target python interpreter. If you had done /usr/local/bin/python setup.py bdist_mpkg --open then everything would've worked. > Now I get this error trying to build my program: > > TE-G4-PB:~/PyGeneFinder.EC telliott$ sudo /usr/local/bin/python > setup.py install > Password: > > running install > running build > running install_data > error: mkpath: 'name' must be a string (got u'/Library/Frameworks/ > Python.framework/Versions/2.4/English.lproj') > > What am I doing wrong? install is for installing Python extensions, that's not what you're doing so it's not the right command to use. /usr/local/bin/python setup.py py2app -bob _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
