Newbie: where's the new python gone?

Bob Aalsma overhaalsgang_24_bob at me.com
Tue Sep 11 10:47:17 EDT 2012


On 11 Sep 2012, at 15:31, William R. Wing (Bill Wing) wrote:

> 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


Sorry about top-posting.
And it worked!

Thank you for teaching!

Regards,
Bob
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