Python packages on OS X vs Windows

Dan Sommers me at privacy.net
Wed Dec 14 22:16:59 EST 2005


On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:50:47 -0600,
Kenneth McDonald <kenneth.m.mcdonald at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> ... I've found it very difficult to get certain Python related things
> running on the Mac ... if one wants to go PyQT/wxPy/etc, it can get
> even worse with trying to get all the compiling/linking to work.

Have you tried fink (<http://fink.sf.net>)?

> On the other hand, it seems like most of this stuff is just available
> as installers for PCs.  Am I being naive to think that installation of
> most of this stuff (including getting it working) will be much easier
> in the PC world?

It can be like falling off a log in the Linux world.

Regards,
Dan

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