[Pythonmac-SIG] Uninstalling Python 2.6?

[Orestis Markou]

I'm not on my Mac right now, but I think that the system python is
actually in /System/Library rather than in /Library. If that's the
case, I think you can just remove /Library/Frameworks/Python and
update /usr/bin/python to point to vanilla Python.

I would try renaming /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and see if
this fixes your issues - if yes, you can then safely delete it.

I personally use MacPorts, that installs itself in /opt/local and only
fiddles with PATH, to avoid this kind of problem.

Orestis

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Idan Gazit <idan at pixane.net> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> So a while back I tried installing (mac) python 2.6 on my leopard machine,
> mainly to poke around.
>
> Today I'm trying out some xcode/pyobjc stuff and I've been tearing my hair
> out wondering why nothing works as advertised. Turns out that xcode was
> building against python 2.6, which doesn't have the relevant modules in its
> classpath (objc, for example).
>
> A little bit of digging later and it seems that the *only* version of python
> listed in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework is 2.6. Oh noes!
>
> So my plea:
>
> * How do I cleanly remove the 2.6 (installed using the provided installer)
> installation such that I'm left with my leopard-vanilla 2.5?
> * What should I do about the Python.framework? I imagine that PyObjC apps
> require at least one version there. Did 2.6 overwrite the existing one? Can
> anybody tell me how to get it back or how to install the 2.5 version?
>
>
> My head is spinning from all the googling I have done on the subject. I'm
> hoping that a few well-placed words of wisdom will help me here!
>
> Yours in much confusion,
>
> Idan
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