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Re: [pygame] Fwd: install problem



On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 12:13:46PM -0800, Elliot Temple wrote:
> What are the commands to undo the changes?
> 
> Elliot

su  <root password>
cd /usr/bin
rm python
ln -s python2.3 python
rm pythonw
ln -s pythonw2.3 pythonw
exit

That will change the symlinks back the way they were before, and then 
you can add /usr/local/bin to your PTH instead as Bob suggested.

---
James


> On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
> 
> >
> >On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Brian Fisher wrote:
> >
> >>On 2/24/06, Bob Ippolito <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>On Feb 24, 2006, at 12:28 PM, James Paige wrote:
> >>>>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
> >>>
> >>>That is a horrible idea!  Do not do that.  Ever.
> >>>
> >>Hey Bob,
> >>Pardon my ignorance, but I don't understand what your reply is
> >>referring to, and would love to understand the thinking behind it
> >>
> >>What in the email you replied to do you think is a horrible idea? the
> >>symlink stuff? su to root? using the console? solving the problem
> >>differently?
> >>
> >>Why do you think it's a horrible idea? What bad things do you  
> >>expect to happen?
> >
> >This whole command sequence is fundamentally the wrong thing to  
> >do.  You should never replace anything in the vendor's directories,  
> >period.
> >
> >http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2004/02/09/apple-is-your-sysadmin/
> >
> >-bob
> >
> >
> 
> -- Elliot Temple
> http://www.curi.us/blog/
> 
> 
>