python needs a tutorial for install and setup on a Mac

[Philip Semanchuk]

On Jun 22, 2009, at 8:56 AM, aberry wrote:

>
> thanks for suggestion...
> what should I put in 'bashrc ' so that I can switch between different
> version.
> as python command will always point to one Python framework (lets  
> either
> 2.4.x or 2.5.x).

Something like this would work:

alias py25='/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/ 
pythonw'



> Diez B. Roggisch-2 wrote:
>>
>> aberry wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Switching between python version
>>> Lets assume you have python 2.4.x and now you installed 2.5.x.By  
>>> default
>>> python path will point to 2.4.x. To switch to python 2.5.x, use  
>>> following
>>> commands...
>>>
>>> cd /usr/bin
>>> sudo rm pythonw
>>> sudo ln -s
>>> "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/pythonw"
>>> pythonw
>>> sudo rm python
>>> sudo ln -s pythonw python2.5
>>> sudo  ln -s python2.5 python
>>>
>>> this worked for me... do let me know if any1 has other way of  
>>> doing...
>>
>> Bad idea. It might break tools that need the /usr/bin/python to be  
>> the
>> system's python.
>>
>> a simple
>>
>> export PATH=/Library/.../bin:$PATH
>>
>> inside .bashrc should be all you need.
>>
>> Diez
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