Re: [Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-06 Thread Alan Gauld
> Also, it is really boring to go through ./configure, make and make > install. Why it is not as convenient as Windows? Aha! Thats because you are installing from source. If you visit the MacPython site you will find a normal Mac install package. You just drop it on the Desktop (or anywhere else!

Re: [Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-06 Thread Ian Jones
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "linda.s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where is the binary Python 2.4.2 for Mac? I could not find it, > Thanks! You can download a Mac installer for Python 2.4.1 here: http://undefined.org/python/ If you're on Tiger (OS X 10.4), you should also install the Ti

Re: [Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-06 Thread Danny Yoo
> Thanks for your kindness. The version of My Mac is > Mac OX 10.4.4; I guess that Python 2.3.5 has been installed before. > Now I tried to install Python 2.4.2; Hi Linda, Ah, ok, then the long "installation" time you are seeing is perfectly normal, and the comparison you're making between the i

Re: [Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-06 Thread linda.s
On 2/6/06, Jan Erik Moström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > linda.s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2006-02-06 09:09: > > > Now I tried to install Python 2.4.2; It works fine till "Make > > Install". After I reenter the terminal, I still saw Python 2.3.5 and > > 2.4.2. does not appear. > > Also, it is really bori

Re: [Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-06 Thread Jan Erik Moström
linda.s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2006-02-06 09:09: > Now I tried to install Python 2.4.2; It works fine till "Make > Install". After I reenter the terminal, I still saw Python 2.3.5 and > 2.4.2. does not appear. > Also, it is really boring to go through ./configure, make and make > install. Why it is n

Re: [Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-06 Thread linda.s
On 2/5/06, Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, linda.s wrote: > > > I installed python in both Windows and Mac. I am very curious why the > > installation under Mac take so long time compared to that under > > Windows. > > Hi Linda, > > But that's somewhat odd, because it

[Tutor] installing python on windows and macs

2006-02-05 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, linda.s wrote: > I installed python in both Windows and Mac. I am very curious why the > installation under Mac take so long time compared to that under > Windows. Hi Linda, But that's somewhat odd, because it should take zero time: Python's already installed under Mac OS X