Idan Gazit wrote:
Hi Folks,
Now that 2.6 is released, I wanted to install it on my local machine.
What I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is how to make sure that
macpython 2.6 doesn't break anything involving leopard python.
If I want macpython / 2.6 to be the default python interpreter -- what
is the best route? I can think of the two following ways:
1. Change $PATH so that /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin
2. Symlink /usr/bin/python to /usr/local/bin/python or to
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python
What's the "best practice" here? Should I just get used to invoking
python as python2.6? Is there another way?
-Idan
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The installer will modify your path settings so that MacPython comes up
before the version shipped by Apple. However, the current Mac build of
Python 2.5 is broken if you need to run Tkinter apps such as IDLE:
http://bugs.python.org/issue4017
I don't recommend installing it--build it yourself from source. (See the
bug report for some instructions on how to work around the difficulties
the current build runs into.)
Kevin
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