installation in mac os x

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Karl Jansson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was doing the tutorial at http://www.python.org/doc/current/
> tutorial/, and I came across some code that did not work,  and I got
> the following error:          AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute
> 'format'.
> 
> So I downloaded a .dmg of python 2.6.2 and then I installed it.  But
> it's not working.  Running the Python launcher, the "new" command in
> the file menu is grey, and won't work, so I can't make any scripts.
> 
> Does anyone know how to make python 2.6.2 work in mac os x?

What happens if you work on the commandline (Terminal)?

Python2.6 should be available from (out of my head)

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python

If that's working, it is successfully installed.

Diez