[Pythonmac-SIG] Python module installation on Leopard runs but doesn't install

[Robert Anderson]

Chris

Thanks, I have since found out that downloading the source and doing a  
build and install everything is OK. Next I will check if it works with  
any eggs available.

Thanks again

Robert



On 27 Feb 2008, at 19:43, Christopher Barker wrote:

> Robert Anderson wrote:
>> I am running a factory installation of Leopard and command line  
>> Python  appears to run OK. However, when I attempted to install a  
>> downloaded  package, PYTZ for example,
>
> where are you downloading it from, and in what form?
>
> If it's a .mpgk, or .pkg, then it was built for a particular python  
> install, probably MacPython, not Apple's.
>
> So you need to either find a package built for Leopard's python, or  
> download a tarball and install it with distutils (python setup.py  
> install).
>
> if there are eggs available, they MIGHT work, too.
>
>>  From the Python website I found the following link concerned with   
>> installing additional items, in particular IDLE:
>> http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython/Leopard
>
> That hack should work for any other package built for MacPython2.5  
> -- you'll have to give us more details as to exactly what you did,  
> and what happened.
>
> -Chris
>
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