[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: MacPython 2.1.1c2 install problems

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, Jack Jansen <jack@oratrix.nl> said:
> Do you have administrator permissions? For this release of MacPython
> you need that, and I must say I never tested what happens if you
> don't, but it could well be this. I'll try so later tonight.

What I get as non-privileged user is permission denied when it tries
to create the interpreter. But that may be because I had installed
Python previously, so the /Library/CFMSupport folder already existed.

Anyway: if someone feels the urge to fix the installation process for
non-privileged users: be my guest. The easiest is probably to simply
detect the situation and post a message "you can't install Python as a
nonpriv user", but better would be a dialog saying "better install it
as privileged" and if the user still wants to install put Python in
their private Application folder (hmm, no, it'll be there already,
Vise will have taken care of that) and don't copy PythonCore.
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