[Pythonmac-SIG] Rank beginner question...

John W Baxter jwblist@olympus.net
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 10:43:34 -0700


At 17:38 -0700 7/24/2002, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>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.

Yes.  This machine remains a fink-free zone (I don't think I want to buy
into their odd placements of things).  [And, as you see, while I've
installed bash I haven't finished setting up little details like the prompt
strings.]  April developer tools.

bash2.05 john@localhost ~ % python
Python 2.2.1 (#1, May  5 2002, 12:25:31)
[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
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John Baxter   jwblist@olympus.net      Port Ludlow, WA, USA