OS X and Python - wxPython has forced a rehash of my approach

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metaperl.etc at gmail.com wrote:
> Earlier I asked about how people installed Python on OS X, given that
> one can choose from Xcode, Fink, Darwin, ActiveState and source builds:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/5c4cde4206d1fbb7/37de06a6bb6b2361?lnk=gst&q=OS+X+and+Python+-+what+is+your+install+strategy%3F&rnum=1#37de06a6bb6b2361
>
> but before I knew it, I had been sucked in by the ease and vastness of
> the Fink repository.
>
> Now my bliss run has come to a full halt due to these instructions at
> `wxPython.org <http://www.wxpython.org/download.php>`_
>
> Note to Fink users: Versions of Python installed by Fink cannot run
> wxPython (unless you install and run X11...). You need to use Apple's
> Framework builds, or a third-party Framework build.
>
> And reading a bit further:
>
> Python 2.4 Framework builds are available for download from the
> undefined.org MacPython site. ActiveState also distributes a Framework
> build.
>
> So I guess I will look into a Framework build as my starting point.

I'd really recommend using the universal build from python.org. As a
previous poster mentioned, it is a framework build. I've never had any
trouble using wxPython in conjunction with it, either.