Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] easy_install broken on new macbook (includes solution)

2008-10-19 Thread Amos Latteier
> I dunno about the bug, but simple_json is not what you should be > installing... The package name is simplejson. Thanks for pointing out the typo. I updated my bug report. However, this doesn't resolve the problem. In fact I ran into the problem originally using zc.buildout, building PIL and py

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] easy_install broken on new macbook (includes solution)

2008-10-19 Thread Bob Ippolito
I dunno about the bug, but simple_json is not what you should be installing... The package name is simplejson. -bob On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Amos Latteier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just got a new aluminum macbook. It's great expect that it seems to > ship with a broken easy_i

[Pythonmac-SIG] easy_install broken on new macbook (includes solution)

2008-10-19 Thread Amos Latteier
Hi, I just got a new aluminum macbook. It's great expect that it seems to ship with a broken easy_install. I tracked down the problem and submitted a bug to apple (bug #6302565). I'm sending the details to this mailing list in hopes that it can help others, or perhaps others can point out a better

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Christopher Barker
Idan Gazit wrote: 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.fram

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Kevin Walzer
Idan Gazit wrote: On Oct 19, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: Not sure if 2.6 does the same, but I thought it did. It certainly doesn't touch /etc/paths.d, nor should it. ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist isn't affected either as far as I know. A little bit of rooting around inside the insta

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Idan Gazit
On Oct 19, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: Not sure if 2.6 does the same, but I thought it did. It certainly doesn't touch /etc/paths.d, nor should it. ~/.MacOSX/ environment.plist isn't affected either as far as I know. A little bit of rooting around inside the installer packages /

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Idan Gazit
On Oct 19, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: What does "echo $PATH" show in Terminal? In my case it shows something like this: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/sw/bin:/ sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/ usr/local/bin:/ Nop

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Kevin Walzer
Idan Gazit wrote: On Oct 19, 2008, at 7:48 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: 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: Hm, Dunno why,

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Idan Gazit
On Oct 19, 2008, at 7:48 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: 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: Hm, Dunno why, but it certain

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Chris Rebert
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 anythi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Kevin Walzer
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 interpr

[Pythonmac-SIG] Symlinks? Newbie / macpython alongside leopard python

2008-10-19 Thread Idan Gazit
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