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[Russell E. Owen]

In article <6B3B4ACB-7FA1-4D24-8689-20ACEA656F96 at mac.com>,
 Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> wrote:

> On 28-feb-2006, at 0:04, Keith Ray wrote:
...
> > Do you need to set up any environment variables to specify that the
> > newer python is to be used instead of the old one?  (if so, how do you
> > set that up?)
> 
> Yes, you will have to make sure that /Library/Frameworks/ 
> Python.framework/Versions/2.4/bin
> is at the start of your PATH.
> 
> If you use bash[1]  is you should create a .bash_profile file in your  
> home directory that
> contains the line PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ 
> 2.4/bin:$PATH".

It seems unfortunate to put that long complicated mess into the path, 
and then have to redo it when python 2.5 comes out.

Bob's unofficial 2.4.1 installer puts links in /usr/local/bin. Will the 
universal build do that as well? Then all one needs to do is make sure 
/usr/local/bin in on the path.

-- Russell