| Ronald Oussoren | cc00a26 | 2009-05-19 19:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X |
| Ned Deily | 2a6f4b3 | 2011-01-30 00:18:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 2 | $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following architecture(s): |
| 3 | $ARCHITECTURES. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
| Ned Deily | 2a6f4b3 | 2011-01-30 00:18:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 5 | Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk space, |
| 6 | ignore the message that it will take zero bytes. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | |
| Ned Deily | 2a6f4b3 | 2011-01-30 00:18:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 8 | You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the |
| 9 | installer does not enforce this, otherwise things will not work. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | |
| Ned Deily | 2a6f4b3 | 2011-01-30 00:18:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 11 | Python consists of the Python programming language interpreter, plus |
| 12 | a set of programs to allow easy access to it for Mac users including |
| 13 | an integrated development environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built |
| 14 | extension modules that open up specific Macintosh technologies to |
| 15 | Python programs. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
| Ned Deily | 2a6f4b3 | 2011-01-30 00:18:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 17 | **** IMPORTANT **** |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Before using IDLE or other programs using the tkinter graphical user |
| 20 | interface toolkit, visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ |
| 21 | for current information about supported and recommended versions |
| 22 | of Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and Mac OS X. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | |
| Ned Deily | 2a6f4b3 | 2011-01-30 00:18:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 24 | ******************* |
| 25 | |
| 26 | The installer puts applications, an "Update Shell Profile" command, |
| 27 | and an Extras folder containing demo programs and tools into the |
| 28 | "Python $VERSION" subfolder of the system Applications folder, |
| 29 | and puts the underlying machinery into the folder |
| 30 | $PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can |
| 31 | optionally place links to the command-line tools in /usr/local/bin as |
| 32 | well. Double-click on the "Update Shell Profile" command to add the |
| 33 | "bin" directory inside the framework to your shell's search path. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | |
| Ronald Oussoren | 9ff3042 | 2009-03-04 21:12:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | More information on Python in general can be found at |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | http://www.python.org. |