Uninstalling mac python2.5 to install python2.6

[Ned Deily]

In article <83423F73-83DA-436B-A3BA-E83CD61CD28D at cs.stir.ac.uk>,
 Farhan Sheikh <fas at cs.stir.ac.uk> wrote:
> i originally had python2.5 on my mac at the univeristy and had to get  
> 2.6 to get NEST and pyNN to work together. however now as those are  
> now installed, i had to install numpy.
> 
> As i installed numpy, it only installed its directories into the  
> python2.5 folders and as i am new to to mac terminals i don't know how  
> to change its directories to be installed into python2.6. my question  
> is, do i have to uninstall python 2.5 so that only python2.6 is on the  
> machine or is there a way to change the path so it saves into python2.5?

There appears to be a NumPy installer image for Python 2.6 and OX 10.5 
here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/

Multiple versions of python can co-exist on OS X.  You definitely should 
not remove the Apple-supplied python2.5 (linked to from /usr/bin/python) 
in 10.5.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org