[Pythonmac-SIG] Installing wxPython with ActivePython and OSX

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Charles,

On Apr 24, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:

>
> On Apr 24, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Christopher Barker wrote:
>
>> Charles Hartman wrote:
>>> I did the "obvious":
>>> 	sudo mv /usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode-2.6.3.2rc1 /usr/local/
>>> lib/ wxPython-unicode-2.6.3.2
>>> and it seems to work. Did I create havoc somewhere else?
>>
>> probably not, but in general, you should use a sym link, rather
>> than a re-name:
>>
>> sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode-2.6.3.2rc1 /usr/local/
>> lib/wxPython-unicode-2.6.3.2
>>
>>
>> however, it looks like you're installing the new Universal build of
>> wxPython into ActivePython. It may well work, but I think the
>> Universal wxPython was built with and designed for the
>> UniversalBuild at:
>>
>
> Something is very screwy here. Because I've been waiting for wxPython
> before trying the Universal, I followed links, not from here, but
> from wxpython.org/download.php ("You will need the Universal
> MacPython available from Python.org") which took me to www.python.org/
> download/releases/2.4.3 where there is a link to "Universal-
> MacPython-2.4.3.dmg". I assumed I was getting Ronald's build. Is it
> ActiveState's??? Perhaps -- to put it calmly -- there should a note
> to this effect?

I don't think so. I think I need to go back and check the build  
scripts, as I may not have added the rc1 in every place that I need  
to. It really should be in the directory name that gets installed.  
(I'm surprised it worked on my machine, though.) I'll take a look at  
it later today. Sorry for the trouble!

Kevin

> Can I now just download the one from pythonmac.org ("Universal-
> MacPython-2.4.3-2006-04-07.dmg") and install it, and expect things to
> work?
>
> If you ask me (or even if you don't) this is a fiasco of links. Yes,
> I was clicking a little cavlierly. But I've been a bystander through
> a lot of this -- and if I can end up with the wrong (and in a way non-
> functioning) universal build if Python for Mac, we've got, I submit,
> a problem for new users.
>
> Charles Hartman
>
>> http://pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/
>>
>> I don't think ActivePython has a Universal Build yet.
>>
>> That may explain a few of your oddities.
>>
>> By the way, we should put a copy of the wxPython dmg on http://
>> pythonmac.org as well as on the wxPython site.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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