[Pythonmac-SIG] messed up Tiger python install

[Brendan Simons]

This is the third plea I've heard from someone who's gotten  
themselves into real trouble after removing the Tiger-supplied  
python.  I almost did it myself when 2.3 kept coming up even after I  
installed 2.4.  We definitely have a communication problem.

On 11-Sep-05, at 6:00 AM, Robert Kern wrote:

> No, you don't. What you do want to do is put /usr/local/bin in your
> $PATH before /usr/bin so typing
>
>   $ python
>
> gives you 2.4.1.

I found this advice before, but as someone who doesn't have a unix  
background, it took me a long time to figure out exactly HOW to  
change my $Path variable permanently.  Can I suggest that a tutorial  
be linked to the pythonmac or undefined.org/packages sites detailing  
this process?  Alternatively, can the path be modified by the 2.4  
install script?

-Brendan
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Brendan Simons, Project Engineer
Stern Laboratories, Hamilton Ontario

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