| Thomas Wouters | 477c8d5 | 2006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | This package will install MacPython $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X |
| 2 | $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following |
| 3 | architecture(s): $ARCHITECTURES. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Separate installers are available for older versions |
| 6 | of Mac OS X, see the homepage, below. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk |
| 9 | space, ignore the message that it will take zero bytes. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | You must install onto your current boot disk, even |
| 12 | though the installer does not enforce this, otherwise |
| 13 | things will not work. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | MacPython consists of the Python programming language |
| 16 | interpreter, plus a set of programs to allow easy |
| Ronald Oussoren | 50987bc | 2009-02-12 15:24:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | access to it for Mac users including an integrated development |
| 18 | environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built extension modules |
| 19 | that open up specific Macintosh technologies to Python programs. |
| Thomas Wouters | 477c8d5 | 2006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| Christian Heimes | 81ee3ef | 2008-05-04 22:42:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | The installer puts the applications in "Python $VERSION" |
| Ronald Oussoren | e8a2fe9 | 2009-03-30 20:10:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | in your Applications folder, and the underlying machinery in |
| 23 | $PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can optionally place |
| 24 | links to the command-line tools in /usr/local as well, |
| 25 | by default you have to add the "bin" directory inside |
| 26 | the framework to you shell's search path. |
| Thomas Wouters | 477c8d5 | 2006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | |
| 28 | More information on MacPython can be found at |
| Ronald Oussoren | 50987bc | 2009-02-12 15:24:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | http://www.python.org/download/mac/. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | More information on Python in general can be found at |
| Thomas Wouters | 477c8d5 | 2006-05-27 19:21:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | http://www.python.org. |