[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- superseder: -> Unable to run IDLE without write-access to home directory ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Py

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

. Regards, Ben Begin forwarded message: > From: Ben Read > Subject: Re: [issue17864] IDLE won't run > Date: 29 April 2013 22:12:03 BST > To: Python tracker > > Thank you for getting me this far - it's funny that Python has been the > program to make this probl

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Roger Serwy added the comment: This looks like a duplicate of issue8231. -- nosy: +roger.serwy type: crash -> behavior ___ Python tracker ___

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ned Deily added the comment: The "ls" shows that, for some reason, your home directory is owned by user "temp", not by user "ben". That's not good. Try doing this: sudo chown ben /Users/ben/ But we're way past an IDLE or Python problem here. This is a basic Unix system administration issue.

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ben Read added the comment: I've tried this and it looks like write access is already enabled, but I entered the commands you listed all the same - here's the output: Bens-iMac:~ ben$ cd Bens-iMac:~ ben$ ls -lde drwxr-xr-x 28 temp staff 952 28 Apr 18:46 . Bens-iMac:~ ben$ mkdir /.idlerc mkdi

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ned Deily added the comment: That's really odd. It looks you have a permissions problem with your home directory. On startup, IDLE attempts to create the directory .idlerc in your home directory, /Users/ben, if it doesn't exist already. If for some reason the directory creation fails, IDLE a

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ben Read added the comment: In response to the first command: 3.3.1 (v3.3.1:d9893d13c628, Apr 6 2013, 11:07:11) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] …and the second command: Warning: unable to create user config directory /Users/ben/.idlerc Check path and permissions. Exiting! I've

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ned Deily added the comment: OK, assuming you are using a default install of Python 3.3.1, try opening a terminal window (Terminal.app) and launching IDLE from there by typing: /usr/local/bin/python3.3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.version)' /usr/local/bin/python3.3 -m idlelib and report what messa

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ben Read added the comment: Hi there, I'm launching IDLE from Applications in Finder (double clicking the application file). I've tried doing this while Console is open and the response is: 28/04/2013 21:17:19.271 Dock[167]: no information back from LS about running process Thanks, Ben On

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

Ned Deily added the comment: How are you trying to launch IDLE? Also, use the Console.app (in /Applications/Utilites) to examine system.log to see if there are any error messages produced there when you attempt to launch IDLE. -- nosy: +ned.deily __

[issue17864] IDLE won't run

New submission from Ben Read: I am installing Python 3.31 on a Mac running OS 10.8.2 and have already installed ActiveTCL 8.5.13. When I try and launch IDLE, the icon appears on the dock for a second and then disappears and the application doesn't run. I have already installed both Python and