Newbie: where's the new python gone?

[William R. Wing (Bill Wing)]

On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Bob Aalsma <overhaalsgang_24_bob at me.com> wrote:

> Hmm, this feels embarrassing but the good news is that, on seeing the errors, I remember using a "sudo" with the make install and only later finding out that I shouldn't have.
> 
> Last login: Tue Sep 11 09:46:11 on ttys000
> macpro1:~ debaas$ pwd
> /Users/debaas
> macpro1:~ debaas$ ls
> Desktop		Documents	Downloads	Library		Movies		Music		Pictures	Public		Sites
> macpro1:~ debaas$ cd Desktop/
> macpro1:Desktop debaas$ cd Python-2.7.3/
> macpro1:Python-2.7.3 debaas$ ls /usr/local
> apache2	bin	clamXav	include	lib	libexec	share
> macpro1:Python-2.7.3 debaas$ make install
> /usr/bin/install -c python.exe /usr/local/bin/python2.7
> install: /usr/local/bin/python2.7: Permission denied
> make: *** [altbininstall] Error 71
> 
> So how to proceed here?
> 
> -Bob

As others have commented, please don't top-post.

The script from which you've captured a fragment of output above isn't going to work on a Mac without rewriting.  (Your Mac isn't going to like python.exe for example.) 

As to proceeding, in all honesty, the simplest thing to do is go here:

	http://www.python.org/download/ 

Look down the page to the link for Python 2.7.3 Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Installer (for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7 [2]) and grab it.  That will hand you a completely prebuilt 2.7.3 (latest) along with an installer that will put it in /Library/Frameworks where it belongs and will even edit your .profile.

Good luck,
Bill
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