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[Ronald Oussoren]

On 28-feb-2006, at 0:04, Keith Ray wrote:

> Once you install 2.4.1, does everything python-related just
> automatically start working with it, or do you need to re-install
> packages like appscript, PyFIT, and so on that have installed
> themselves off of
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
> python2.3/site-packges/...
> ?

You'll have to reinstall packages if you start using another major  
release of Python
(that is move from 2.3 to 2.4). If you install from source files will  
end up in the
right place automaticly, otherwise you'll have to make sure that you  
use the binary
installer for the right version of Python.

>
> (Will the installers for PyFIT, appscript, etc, do the right thing if
> run after installing 2.4.1?)
>
> Do you need to set up any environment variables to specify that the
> newer python is to be used instead of the old one?  (if so, how do you
> set that up?)

Yes, you will have to make sure that /Library/Frameworks/ 
Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin
is at the start of your PATH.

If you use bash[1]  is you should create a .bash_profile file in your  
home directory that
contains the line PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ 
2.4/bin:$PATH".

The upcoming universal build of will do this for you (at least once  
I've checked in that part
of the installer).

Ronald
[1] that is, "echo $0" says "sh" or "bash".

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