| Ronald Oussoren | cc00a26 | 2009-05-19 19:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
| Ronald Oussoren | cc00a26 | 2009-05-19 19:29:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 15 | Python consists of the Python programming language |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | interpreter, plus a set of programs to allow easy |
| Ronald Oussoren | 9ff3042 | 2009-03-04 21:12:17 +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. |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| Ronald Oussoren | 580c7fe | 2008-05-02 19:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | The installer puts the applications in "Python $VERSION" |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | in your Applications folder, command-line tools in |
| 23 | /usr/local/bin and the underlying machinery in |
| 24 | $PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. |
| 25 | |
| Ronald Oussoren | 9ff3042 | 2009-03-04 21:12:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | More information on Python in general can be found at |
| Ronald Oussoren | 0e5b70d | 2006-06-07 18:58:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | http://www.python.org. |