source installation issue

[Martin Franklin]

On Wednesday 31 Jul 2002 6:39 pm, mimurra3 wrote:
> All,
>
> I am attempting to install Python from source on my Mac OS-X system.  I
> downloaded the tar file to my desktop and expanded it there.  I ran
> './configure,' 'make,' and 'make install' without any issues.  However, the
> only way I can get the interpreter to start is by going to /usr/local/bin
> and typing './python'  On my Linux systems at work Python can be started

I know nothing of Macs but this sound's like the PATH enviroment variable on
this machine does not include /usr/local/bin, and your user ID at work has
this set.


HTH
Martin