pip fails to install packages on moutain loin (Mac OS 10.8.2)

[Prasad, Ramit]

Peng Yu wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I installed Python using python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg on my Mac OS
> 10.8.2.
> 
> When try to use pip to install packages, I get the following message.
> Then the installation fails.
> 
> gcc-4.2 not found, using clang instead
> 
> 
> I then create a link from /usr/bin/gcc to gcc-4.2. Then I run pip
> again, I get the following error message.
> 
> Does anybody have a solution to install python on Mac OS 10.8.2 so
> that packages can be installed with pip?
> 
>     /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1/exception:
> 42:28: error: bits/c++config.h: No such file or directory
>     In file included from /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/c+
> +/4.2.1/bits/stl_algobase.h:70,
>                      from /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/c+
> +/4.2.1/bits/char_traits.h:46,
>                      from /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/c+
> +/4.2.1/string:47,
>                      from /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/c+
> +/4.2.1/stdexcept:44,
> 
> Regards,
> Peng

I would install python+virtualenv+pip from MacPorts to keep
it separate from the OS X system Python. MacPorts will take 
care of everything for you as long as you have Xcode installed.	

`sudo ports install py27-pip`


Ramit Prasad


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