[Pythonmac-SIG] avoid dueling pythons on tiger

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jun 6, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Jon Schull wrote:

> Please forgive the cross-post.   I think this is a cross group issue.
>
> I've newly installed Tiger and would like to avoid the dueling  
> pythons problem that plagued me with 0SX 10.3.  It would be nice to  
> be running just one python, but I suppose that would be asking too  
> much?
>
> I installed Bob's MacPython 2.4.1 from http://undefined.org/python/
> Double clicking the apps works fine.  But when I type "python" from  
> terminal I get python Apple's python 2.3.5.   I'm sure this is  
> obvious to many, but I'm also sure I'm not the only person who  
> starts getting uneasy at this point.  So before I go too deep, I  
> thought I'd ask....
>
> Is there a "right" way to be using just one (or just two) pythons  
> and avoid conflicts?

Put /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin on your PATH.  The default PATH  
includes ONLY Apple-installed components.  This is an "issue" with  
any third party software that has a command-line interface, as they  
all (should be, anyway) install to /usr/local/bin.

-bob