On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Kaweh Kazemi wrote:
>>> changing the path order would be a problem (at least for me),
>>> wouldn't it?
>>>
>>> my python2.4 (and the approriate link 'python') is in /usr/local/bin
>>> (as installed with the latest Python Universal installer if i recall
>>> correctly) and if i type 'python' into the terminal i would like
>>> this
>>> version to be picked up and not the apple version in /usr/bin -
>>> which
>>> is python2.3 (and the link 'python' to it). i'm just confused if my
>>> setup is not correct, but anyways it works for me, so i believe i
>>> should be fine.
>>
>> No. /usr/local/bin/python* is only there for backwards
>> compatibility with what previous installers did. The installer
>> also adds this to your .profile:
>>
>> # Setting PATH for MacPython 2.4
>> # The orginal version is saved in .profile.pysave
>> PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:$
>> {PATH}"
>>
>> This directory has the actual python binaries, and this is where
>> distutils/setuptools install scripts to.
>
> thanks for the clarification and your time, bob.
>
> i was using .bash_profile which seemed to override .profile (sorry,
> i'm not really a bash expert and that setup did work for me). i've
> fixed that in my environment now and i'm using .profile for my stuff.
We should probably add some more smarts to the installer to
detect .bash_profile as well.
>> No. /usr/local/bin/python* is only there for backwards
>> compatibility with what previous installers did. The installer
>> also adds this to your .profile:
>>
>
> is it safe to remove /usr/local/bin/python* then or should the
> stuff remain there? just curious.
Should be safe to remove if you really want to.
-bob
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