[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.4 in /usr/local/bin?

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jan 27, 2005, at 11:51, Doug Wyatt wrote:

> On Jan 27, 2005, at 5:31, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>> Don't make any attempt to replace Apple's Python in the first place.  
>> You *will* break things.  py2app, for example, will not correctly 
>> bundle applications if you install a non-standard Python to /usr (not 
>> local).
>
> Would it make sense to have the main Python distribution build on 
> MacOS X the same way Apple builds it, so that, for example, if one 
> wants to update it to 2.3.4, it's easy?
>
> Sorry if this has been asked before ...

For some unix-based software, it is useful to build it in the normal 
unix way, so framework building is an option but not the default.

To build it as a framework:

./configure --enable-framework
make
sudo make frameworkinstall

This will still create a /usr/local/bin/python, but Python itself will 
be installed to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework

-bob