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How to install Python 1.5a3 on your Macintosh
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How to install Python 1.5a4 on your Macintosh
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If this is your first encounter with Python: you definitely need the
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common user documentation (common to all platforms). You can find this
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7.6.1). If your machine is pre-68020 you cannot use cfm68k and you can
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install the classic 68k Python.
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After the installer finishes it automatically launches the
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ConfigurePython applet, to finish configuration of your Python
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installation (except for classic 68K installations, where no extra
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configuration is needed).
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If you have a pre-system 7 macintosh: sorry, this release will not work
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on your system. Too many sys7 features are used to make a sys6 python
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easy to create.
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After installing
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It is probably a good idea to run "autotest.py" from :Lib:test at this
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point, this should not give any errors. It will, however, print some
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messages about optional features not supported. Running testall.py is
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done by double-clicking it or dropping it onto the interpreter.
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It is probably a good idea to run the automatic tests. Start Python and
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"import test.autotest". This should not print any errors. It will,
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however, print some messages about optional features not supported.
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Running testall.py is done by double-clicking it or dropping it onto the
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interpreter.
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NOTE: as of 1.5a3 the tests test_time, test_strftime and test_rotor will
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NOTE: as of 1.5a4 the tests test_time and test_strftime will
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fail. This is due to a problem with the tests. test_socket may also fail
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if you have no internet connection.
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@ -68,12 +74,24 @@ applet, a tiny application written in python. Drop a python source on it
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and out comes the application. More information can be found in the
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"Mac:Demo" folder.
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If you have a slow machine you may want to disable automatic site.py import
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since site.py does not do too much on the mac (unless you make it do
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something), and it can take a few seconds.
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PPC and CFM68K users will see one more file in the python folder:
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PythonApplet. This is the template for building applets, leave it alone.
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The applet is "fat", containing both PPC and CFM68K code. Hence, applets
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built with it can be transported to machines with the other
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architecture.
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Uninstalling
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Two items are installed in the system folder: the interpreter shared
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library "PythonCore 1.5a4" lives in the Extensions folder and the
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"Python 1.5a4 Preferences" file in the Preferences folder. All the rest
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of Python lives in the folder you installed in.
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Things to see
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whether to upgrade. The bad news is that your old preference settings
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are lost and you have to set them again.
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After you are satisfied that 1.5a3 works as expected you can trash
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After you are satisfied that 1.5a4 works as expected you can trash
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anything in the system folder that has "python" in the name and not
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"1.5a3".
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"1.5a4".
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The installer
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The installer for this product was created using Installer VISE Lite
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from MindVision Software. For more information on Installer VISE Lite,
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contact:
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MindVision Software
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7201 North 7th Street
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Internet: mindvision@mindvision.com
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http://www.mindvision.com
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Just van Rossum <just@knoware.nl> created the installer in just a couple
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of days (hours?).
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Feedback
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Send bug reports, suggestions, contributions and fanmail to
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<jack@cwi.nl>. Be warned however that I'm pretty busy, so I may not
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always respond immedeately.
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<jack@cwi.nl>. Be warned however that I'm on holiday for most of october
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and november, so I may not always respond immedeately.
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A better way to discuss MacPython is to join the
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<pythonmac-sig@python.org> mailing list, which is explicitly meant for
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