Right. I'm good to go! Many thanks for your help Bob :-) Regards, David
Bob Ippolito wrote: > Given that, you must be placing /usr/local/bin after /usr/bin in your > PATH. That is not the correct thing to do for the behavior you want. > > e.g. you currently have this: > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin > > but you want this instead: > > export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH > > -bob > > On Jan 7, 2006, at 5:00 PM, David Pratt wrote: > >> Hi Bob. I have this path is in my .cshrc where I am setting paths for my >> home. This seemed to work fine for Jaguar but I guess not for Panther. >> >> [dp_mac450:~] davidpra% python2.4 >> Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 31 2005, 00:05:10) >> [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> >>>>> >> [dp_mac450:~] davidpra% python >> Python 2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11) >> [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> >>>>> >> >> So getting python2.4, just not the right version from python or pythonw >> at command line as with macpython 2.3. I'll try setting path using the >> other method from the link you provided using the >> ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist method. Hopefully this will do the trick. >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Regards, >> David >> >> Bob Ippolito wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2006, at 4:13 PM, David Pratt wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there. I recently upgraded my machine's OS from 10.2.8 (jaguar) to >>>> 10.3.9 (panther). I removed my previous 2.3.5 python mac install by >>>> removing Python.framework and MacPython-2.3 from Applications. I also >>>> removed python pythonw python2.3 and pythonw2.3 from /usr/local/ bin. I >>>> installed PantherPythonFix.dmg and then installed >>>> MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg. Install went fine - no errors. >>>> >>>> However, when I open a terminal I and type python or pythonw at the >>>> prompt I still get the Apple build of python after restarting and >>>> opening terminal. Can someone point out what the problem could be. >>>> This >>>> is quite frustrating since I remember the Jaguar install being very >>>> smooth and effortless. >>> >>> >>> >>> Add /usr/local/bin to your PATH environment variable. Installation >>> for >>> Jaguar was the same. >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/cwjc8 >>> >>> -bob >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > > _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
