Re: [pygame] Fwd: install problem

[James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 12:12:02PM -0600, Bob Ippolito wrote:
> 
> On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:19 AM, James Paige wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 07:28:24AM -0800, Peter Shinners wrote:
> >>Forwarded message from unsubscribed user
> >>Elliot Temple <curi@xxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>Hi,
> >
> >Hi, Elliot! Read on for information about how I got python+pyame  
> >working
> >on my Macs.
> >
> >>I have OS X 10.4.5
> >>
> >>I have tried and failed to get pygame working. I've tried running the
> >>installers but nothing noticeable changes. I found pygame in the
> >>include folder in python somewhere but when i try to import it, it
> >>isn't there. There may be multiple versions of python on my system,
> >>and if so I don't know where they are. I just type "python" in my
> >>terminal (or pythonw IIRC). this is a mac; there shouldn't be
> >>installers at all, just disk images with icons to drag to my
> >>harddrive :-)
> >
> >I have had all the best luck using Bob Ipolito's "Framework" build of
> >python 2.4.1 which you can get from here:
> >
> >http://undefined.org/python/
> >
> >In particular, you want both  of the following:
> >http://undefined.org/python/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg
> >http://pythonmac.org/packages/TigerPython24Fix-r2.zip
> >
> >Install them, and then to verify that it worked, go to the console and
> >run python. You should see the python version number, something like
> >this:
> >
> >darkside:~ james$ python
> >Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 31 2005, 00:05:10)
> >[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin
> >Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>>>
> >
> >If that is NOT what you see, contact me (or this list) again, and I  
> >(or
> >someone) will help you find out why the wrong version of python is  
> >being
> >run. The fact that you have apparently already attempted installing a
> >couple different versions of python may confuse this step a bit.
> 
> By default, you will still see Python 2.3.5.  You will need to add / 
> usr/local/bin to your PATH, preferably from a .profile or something.
> 
> something like this should do the trick:
> echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
> 
> Note that you will have to start a new Terminal window for this to  
> take effect, or source ~/.profile
> 
> -bob
> 

Oh! I forgot about that part!

I solved the problem differently. at the console, I did:

su     <type root password>
rm /usr/bin/python
ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.4 /usr/bin/python
rm /usr/bin/pythonw
ln -s /usr/local/bin/pythonw2.4 /usr/bin/pythonw
exit

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James Paige