Removing Python 2.4.4 on OSX

[Alex Martelli]

I mean /Library/Frameworks

Misspelled it in the post, but not when I searched it. I did an ls -
al on it and got this:

$ ls -al /Library/Frameworks
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 2 root admin 68 Jul 1 2006 .
drwxrwxr-t 43 root admin 1462 Feb 20 14:31 ..

Try /System/Library/Frameworks ...


Alex

 

[7stud]

On Mar 24, 10:04 pm, (e-mail address removed) (Alex Martelli) wrote:
1462 Feb 20 14:31 ..

Try /System/Library/Frameworks ...

Alex

There it is. I notice there is a directory: ..../Python.framework/
Versions/2.3/Mac/Tools/IDE
which has a bunch of files in it. Do Macs have some kind of pre-
installed Python IDE? There's no read me file, so I can't tell what
all the files are for.

 

[Michael Bentley]

/Libary/Frameworks/ is an empty directory(except for . and ..) on my
Mac, and I have 2.3.5 installed somewhere.

Ye sorry 'bout that... Apple's default install is under /System/
Library... Framework builds from python.org get installed under /
Library

 

[has]

I don't know if there is a framework install for 2.5.

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5-macosx.dmg


has

 

[has]

There it is. I notice there is a directory: ..../Python.framework/
Versions/2.3/Mac/Tools/IDE
which has a bunch of files in it. Do Macs have some kind of pre-
installed Python IDE? There's no read me file, so I can't tell what
all the files are for.

That's the source for the old MacPython IDE which is now defunct. Just
ignore it.

Apple don't bundle a Python IDE in OS X. However, the Python 2.5
installer (http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5-macosx.dmg)
includes a copy of IDLE (not very Mac-like, unfortunately) and there
are various third-party editors available if you want to search
around.


has

 

[has]

I want to upgrade to 2.5 but I don't see any unistall instructions
anywhere.

To repeat what others have said: don't uninstall existing
Python.framework builds. Frameworks support multiple versions quite
happily, and removing them is more hassle than it's worth. Just
install the official framework build from python.org (http://
www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5-macosx.dmg), which should
also update your shell profiles as necessary.

HTH

has

 

[Robert Hicks]

The only way you can do is rermove python2.4.4's files manually.

I suggest you to use MacPorts or Fink.

With MacPort, you can uninstall python2.4 by doing
$ port uninstall python24

And Installation is
$ port install python25

I try to like MacPorts but sometimes they don't do dependecies very
well. For instance, I have a newer version of Ruby installed and I
wanted to update a module through MP and it lists Perl5.8 as a
dependency and tries to install it. On Tiger, Perl is already at 5.8
so what the hey! It isn't the first time I have been hit with that
either.

Robert

 

[Robert Hicks]

To repeat what others have said: don't uninstall existing
Python.framework builds. Frameworks support multiple versions quite
happily, and removing them is more hassle than it's worth. Just
install the official framework build from python.org (http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5-macosx.dmg), which should
also update your shell profiles as necessary.

HTH

has

Thanks...

Robert