[Pythonmac-SIG] which directory should be deleted for a clean install?

[Jack Jansen]

On maandag, mei 5, 2003, at 03:33 Europe/Amsterdam, Kevin Altis wrote:

> I was trying to walk someone through installing 2.3b1, wxPython 
> 2.4.0.7, and
> PythonCard today and while we got everything installed and running, 
> there is
> definitely some funky wxPython controls display/behavior on their box 
> that
> I'm not seeing on mine. They are running Jaguar 10.2.4 and I have 
> 10.2.5,
> but the problem with some of the wxPython controls seems much more 
> like a
> problem with an old lib. Since this person was also helping me do some 
> tests
> about a year ago when wxPython first started working on Mac OS X there 
> is a
> good possibility of old cruft on their box.
>
> So, the question is which directory/directories and links do I have to
> remove from their machine so that I can do a clean Python 2.3b1 and 
> wxPython
> 2.4.0.7 install with no possibility of old files causing problems? 
> They do
> have a PYTHONPATH setup via environment.plist and .cshrc so that they 
> can
> test the cvs version of PythonCardPrototype, but that shouldn't impact
> wxPython.

For MacPython simply remove /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework, 
/Applications/MacPython-2.3
and ~/Library/Preferences/Python.
For wxPython I don't know, ask the wxptyhon-mac folks. And I suspect 
wxPython is indeed
your problem...

> BTW, I'm not using the PackageManager to install wxPython 2.4.0.7, the 
> PM
> crashes on my box just after the list of packages is displayed.

That is fixed with the new (MacPython-OSX-2.3b1-2.dmg) installer.
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