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In article <49F...@cs...>,
 Farhan Sheikh <fa...@cs...> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> i have python 2.6 running on my mac osx 10.5, however when installing 
> the binary file provided, it says i need to have python 2.6 on my 
> machine. i dont understand why this is happening as when open a new 
> terminal and type 'python', python version 2.6.2 is the version that 
> is run. My supervisor also had a look at this and could not figure it 
> out. He linked python 2.6 with the python command but the install file 
> still did not recognise python 2.6.
> 
> anybody have the same issue? or know of how to fix this issue?
> 
> is there a.tar.gz version so i can build via terminal?
> 
> Thank You
> 
> Farhan
I think that the official Mac binary installer wants Python 2.6.x to be 
a framework build in /Library/Frameworks (e.g. as you would get by 
installing the Mac python at python.org). Unfortunately, there are many 
other pythons, including fink, MacPorts and Apple's preinstalled version 
(which is 2.5.something on MacOS X 10.5, so that's not the problem).
So which python do you have? One way to find out: in Terminal type 
"which python" and tell us the results.
-- Russell

Dear all,
i have python 2.6 running on my mac osx 10.5, however when installing 
the binary file provided, it says i need to have python 2.6 on my 
machine. i dont understand why this is happening as when open a new 
terminal and type 'python', python version 2.6.2 is the version that 
is run. My supervisor also had a look at this and could not figure it 
out. He linked python 2.6 with the python command but the install file 
still did not recognise python 2.6.
anybody have the same issue? or know of how to fix this issue?
is there a.tar.gz version so i can build via terminal?
Thank You
Farhan
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