On 27Feb2015 02:16, Barbara Heliodora G. Rodrigues
wrote:
I'd like to ask for help with an issue I have with python. My MAC is with OS
10-6.8, darwin kernel, 64 bits. For some reason I updated macports and it
automatically updated python to 2.7 with a 32 bits library, and it is giving me
lots of trouble. I can't install any new software that uses python, and
recently I tried to use some plot (matplotlib) routines that were working fine
before, simply didn't work, the window with the plot didn't open.Is there a way
to force macports to install a 64bits version of python?
Since I use MacPorts and Alan doesn't I'll chip in...
First up, you're talking about the MacPorts pythn (in /opt/local) not the
system Python (in /usr).
This page:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2111283/how-to-build-64-bit-python-on-os-x-10-6-only-64-bit-no-universal-nonsense
seems to offer useful advice on getting MacPorts to install your preferred
variant on Python.
Next, re this:
I downloaded and installed the 3.4 and 3.1 myself, but still the computer only
sees the version macports installed.
You need to clarify what this statement means, probably with examples of how
you are invoking your python programs, and the output of "which python".
Your Mac should (now) have multiple Pythons installed:
/usr/bin/python
Supplied with MacOSX, the system Python. Probably 64-bit python. As the
cited web page above says, run:
file /usr/bin/python
to see what architecture it is. You can do that for any of the other
executables too to check how they were built.
/opt/local/bin/python
The MacPorts python (python 2 by default). It should like you need to
reinstall this with the right "variants" settings to get it to be 64-bit.
Your personally built Pythons.
Regarding the last, please outline what options you used to build these. It is
very important to build/install with a suitable --prefix Configure option to
put them in the right place: not a specific place, but a place _not_
conflicting with the OSX or MacPorts pythons, for example
/usr/local/python-2.7.7 (adjust to suit).
It is normal to add some symlinks in /usr/local/bin for "python", "python2" etc
pointing at your preferred executables.
Next, _how_ are you installing extra packages like matplotlib etc?
I would advocate using MacPorts to install these if available; that leaves the
arrangements in the hands of MacPorts and keeps things simple for you.
Otherwise, I would next suggest learning to use virtualenv to make a specific
python "environment" for you work. This is easier than it sounds. The
virtualenv command prepares a direct of your choice (eg $HOME/venv-2.7.7, to
invent a name) which contains "python" and "pip" executables in the "bin"
subdirectory which are crafted to automatically install and use packages
entirely within the virtualenv directory, avoiding conflicts with other systems
like OSX or MacPorts. This is great for experimentation of maintaining special
setups of your own.
You can base the virtualenv of any of the installed Pythons (OSX, MacPorts,
whatever), to get the installed libraries for free.
Please respond with further information and we can proceed from there.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson
To have no errors
Would be life without meaning
No struggle, no joy
- Haiku Error Messages
http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html
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