[Pythonmac-SIG] Python module installation on Leopard runs but doesn't install

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <47C5BD74.90505 at noaa.gov>,
 Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Robert Anderson wrote:
> > I am running a factory installation of Leopard and command line Python  
> > appears to run OK. However, when I attempted to install a downloaded  
> > package, PYTZ for example,
> 
> where are you downloading it from, and in what form?
> 
> If it's a .mpgk, or .pkg, then it was built for a particular python 
> install, probably MacPython, not Apple's.

Weird. I thought the binaries at pythonmac.org 
<http://pythonmac.org/packages/> would install fine in either system 
python or add-on MacPython as long they were built for the right major 
version of Python (2.5 for Leopard).

Maybe I'm wrong. If so...you could always install MacPython and then 
things should "just work". I realize that's not the current 
recommendation for Leopard (for one thing the built in Python does have 
at least one useful feature not found in MacPython) but it does have 
some advantages.

For one thing if you distribute a bundled Python application built with 
py2app (and that uses 3rd party compiled packages) then using your own 
MacPython may be necessary to make an application that can be used on 
1.4 and 1.3.9. If I understand correctly py2app only includes python in 
the application bundle if you were using MacPython (as opposed to the 
built-in python) and you'll want python included if you distribute 
extensions so they can run with the right python.

-- Russell