Python dev on clean os x mavericks

DanF · 27 Oct 2013 at 10:37

Hi,

What's the best way to get coding python on a clean os x mavericks install?

Mavericks installs 2.7.5 by default but I think it will be missing idle & tkinter. The version I need is 2.7.5 for playing around with appEngine and python on Azure. Guides say to just install a new version of python which will install everything needed and leave the apple 2.7.5 alone but I'd be installing the same version again, will this be an issue?

DanF · 27 Oct 2013 at 10:49

ah I see lots of people recommending virtualenv to isolate versions etc and then have less issues with os updates

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv

uniQ · 27 Oct 2013 at 11:46

Homebrew: http://brew.sh/

Code:

brew install python

Will also install pip & setuptools.

Rich43 · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:45

Get Python 3 http://python.org/ftp/python/3.3.2/python-3.3.2-macosx10.6.dmg
and Aptana: http://www.aptana.com/products/studio3/download

I am a keen Python programmer, I would love to hear about what stuff your making etc?

!n$oMniA · 27 Oct 2013 at 16:25

Hi - would highly recommend MacPorts - very simple install/uninstall process and provides a wealth of different packages. Use it with each clean install to get Pylab and more

port list | grep py27

DanF · 27 Oct 2013 at 17:06

cheers guys, I've gone with the brew installer but had to tidy up my path and install as I'd already done a couple of bits.

Rich43, just mucking around really. I'm a .net programmer so just dabbling with other stuff and wanting something to play with in os x.

AHarvey · 27 Oct 2013 at 17:58

Whatever happened to the python google group we had on here? just completely died