[Pythonmac-SIG] Lost among multiple Python version on my mac

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Scott Harris <scottrharris at gmail.com> (SH) wrote:

>SH> I've unintentionally set my /usr/bin/python to a new version instead  
>SH> of the original version on OS X 10.4. Is it normally a link to the  
>SH> python in /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/?

  /usr/bin:
  wildcard python*
  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel      9 Oct 20  2005 python -> python2.3
  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     72 Oct 20  2005 python2.3 -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin/python
  lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     10 Oct 20  2005 pythonw -> pythonw2.3
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  13728 Mar 21  2005 pythonw2.3

>SH> Also, what's the "best" way to deal with multiple versions on Python  
>SH> on one mac? The binary downloads of 2.4 and 2.4 go in /Library/ 
>SH> Frameworks, but the versions I build from source go into /usr/local/.

/Library/Frameworks is the way to go, and you can make symlinks from
/usr/local/bin.

To make from source:


MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4 ./configure --enable-framework
make
sudo make frameworkinstall


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