On 4/7/11 3:37 PM, Ned Deily wrote:
The Python 2.7.1 installer welcome file, the text that is shown in the first installer screen, says this:"This package will by default update your shell profile to ensure that this version of Python is on the search path of your shell. Please deselect the "Shell profile updater" package on the package customization screen if you want to avoid this modification. Double-click Update Shell Profile at any time to make 2.7.1 the default Python." (Earlier installers had slightly different wordings.) The command that does this is in /Applications/Python m.n/Update Shell Profile.command. Normally, it should have saved your .bash_profile as ~/.bash_profile.pysave, but, even if it didn't, the only modification it makes to your original .bash_profile is to append these (or similar) lines to the end of the file: # Setting PATH for Python 2.7 # The original version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}" export PATH
And a note: before the installer did that, we had a LOT of newbies installing python and then having no idea how to get it to run.
I'm a bit confused, Bill. You're just that kind of guy that shouldn't have any problem hacking your .bash_profile! i.e. you are not the target audience for the installer.
Also: I'm pretty sure it's Apple's fault that a de-installer is not a easy and obvious part of a .mpg bundle. I don't think I've ever seen one with a uninstaller, as a matter of fact.
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