Thank you. John-Wilkinsons-iMac:p31summerfield wilkinson$ which python /opt/local/bin/python
On May 24, 2011, at 9:27 AM, Walter Prins wrote: > The problem likely is as intimated by the error message that your python > interpreter not called "/usr/local/bin/python3.1" but I'd offhand guess, > probably "/usr/local/bin/python". (Indeed, you run the interpreter yourself > as "python" not "python3.1" so you should not be using "python3.1" in your > script header.) > > To check, try: > > John-Wilkinsons-iMac:~ wilkinson$ which python > > Assuming you have the "which" command this will tell you which version of > python is used then you do e.g. "python hello.py." Then change the hash-bang > (#!) header in your script to match the location you found. (If you dont > have "which", you can also try "whereis" or "env" or "type -a".) > > Note, some people use the following hash-bang header in preference of a hard > coded path as I've suggested above, as follows: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > /usr/bin/env goes off and looks up the appropriate path for (in this case) > the "python" interpreter, then passes control to that, thereby making your > script a little less dependent on a hardcoded paths present on your system. > This works provided of course that "env" is available and found in /usr/bin. > (Thought I'd mention that in case you wanted to use that instead/try it.) > > Disclaimer: I don't have a Mac, the above is basically general advice which > should however work any Unix'ish or GNU'ish system, including I believe on > the Mac providing Apple's not changed things that I'm not aware of. > > Hope that helps > > Walter > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
