[Image-SIG] PIL on a Mac
Christopher Barker
Chris.Barker at noaa.gov
Tue Apr 24 18:18:30 CEST 2007
Bill Janssen wrote:
> You could do it the way that I do it.
or even easier:
>> I guess I
>> had to download a MacPython in order to make Python work on my system.
>
> First of all, Python comes pre-installed on your Mac.
It does, but it's an old version, and somewhat broken in some subtle
ways. Unless you have a really slow net connection, there is no reason
not to upgrade, and upgrading will get you access to binary packages
that should "just work".
Go to:
http://pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html
download the python and PIL disk images, double click on them, and away
you go. It really is that easy.
> This way I can avoid getting tangled up with Fink or DarwinPorts or
> one of the other systems that purport to make it "easier" to install
> software on a Mac.
I agree -- fink is kind of all or nothing, and if you want to write GUI
apps for OS-X with Python (and not use X), you can't use fink.
-Chris
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