> Thanks for your kindness. The version of My Mac is > Mac OX 10.4.4; I guess that Python 2.3.5 has been installed before. > Now I tried to install Python 2.4.2;
Hi Linda, Ah, ok, then the long "installation" time you are seeing is perfectly normal, and the comparison you're making between the installations between Windows and Mac OS X is absolutely unfair. *grin* What you are doing in building Python 2.4.2 from source is "compiling" the software. Compilation is a process of taking the human-readable source code and turning it into machine code appropriate for your machine. This is a significant and very computationally expensive thing to do! In contrast, the Winows installer you've used is already in a compiled form. A fairer comparison involves installing a compiled "binary" package of Python 2.4. There is one available from: http://undefined.org/python/ > After I reenter the terminal, I still saw Python 2.3.5 and 2.4.2. does > not appear. Also, it is really boring to go through ./configure, make > and make install. Why it is not as convenient as Windows? The process is boring because it's not meant for end Mac OS X users. It's really meant for system administrators and those who are developing the Python core language. And for those who can't wait for others to prepare the nice, double-clicking installers. *grin* Since it sounds like you are doing some significant work on Mac OS X, I'll double my recommendation for you to talk with the Python/Macintosh community. Here's one of the better links I've seen so far: http://pythonmac.org/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor