[Pythonmac-SIG] Rank beginner question...

[Bruce Johnson]

Hmmm...this is clearly a much higher level list than what I need...and 
on the newsgroup everyone sends Mac questions here, but I'll ask.

Is it possible to get a Mac OSX version of Python running that will work 
on the command line without using Fink? All I've got is a 56k connection 
to the network, which pretty much rules out fink if I want to do 
anything but download stuff all the time.

I've downloaded the python22_tkinter.tgz from 
http://tony.lownds.com/macosx/ and installed it, using the instructions 
for the python2.1 version, that is I untarred it in /usr/local

I end up with a Python application in my Home/Applications folder that 
when run from the desktop merely bounced a few times and goes away.

 From the command line it  gives the error:

dyld: /Users/bruce/Applications/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/python can't 
open library: Python.framework/Versions/2.2/Python  (No such file or 
directory, errno = 2)

Obviously I did something wrong, but what?

(I did install TK/TCL fine, the Wish.app fires right up...)

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Bruce Johnson

Wherever you go, there you are.