[Pythonmac-SIG] which directory for site-packages

Kevin Walzer kw at codebykevin.com
Sun Nov 16 19:48:41 CET 2008


Hunt Culver wrote:
> Thanks, David,
> 
> I tried your idea and it worked.  I delete the Python.framework alias at 
> /Library/Frameworks/ , which pointed to /System, and reinstalled 
> MacPython.  I skipped over step 4 at the python.org website and after a 
> few other nits, I managed to get my own scripts up and running from 
> site-packages.
> 
> So, any ideas on how to change the instructions at
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/Leopard, which seem to be in error 
> - at least in my case.
> 
> Later,
> Hunt
> 

Those instructions are all wrong. They are a massive hack to compensate 
for what Apple does not provide with its system Python , i.e. Idle. You 
are much better off installing MacPython and just using that.

-- 
Kevin Walzer
Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com


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