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Ronald Oussoren360bcac2009-05-19 19:30:44 +00001This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +00002$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following
3architecture(s): $ARCHITECTURES.
4
5Separate installers are available for older versions
6of Mac OS X, see the homepage, below.
7
8Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk
9space, ignore the message that it will take zero bytes.
10
11You must install onto your current boot disk, even
12though the installer does not enforce this, otherwise
13things will not work.
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Ronald Oussoren360bcac2009-05-19 19:30:44 +000015Python consists of the Python programming language
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +000016interpreter, plus a set of programs to allow easy
Ronald Oussoren50987bc2009-02-12 15:24:51 +000017access to it for Mac users including an integrated development
18environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built extension modules
19that open up specific Macintosh technologies to Python programs.
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +000020
Christian Heimes81ee3ef2008-05-04 22:42:01 +000021The installer puts the applications in "Python $VERSION"
Ronald Oussorene8a2fe92009-03-30 20:10:18 +000022in your Applications folder, and the underlying machinery in
23$PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can optionally place
24links to the command-line tools in /usr/local as well,
25by default you have to add the "bin" directory inside
26the framework to you shell's search path.
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +000027
Ronald Oussoren50987bc2009-02-12 15:24:51 +000028More information on Python in general can be found at
Thomas Wouters477c8d52006-05-27 19:21:47 +000029http://www.python.org.