replies - nice! re wh to install [python Mac OS X 64-bit] and [ActiveTcl 8.5.15.0]

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Posted Yesterday, 09:32 PM 

-Hathaway Green:

LiteraTec, thank you for your notes on exactly what you did!     I am on a Mac running 10.7.4 and am going to follow your steps.    I have a question about the first very first step, though. In which format did you download Python 2.7?    I'll be grateful if you or anyone here can advise me about which link to click at www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/

I figure I want to click on one of two options below:

 #1 " Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Installer (2.7.6) for Mac OS X 10.6 and later [2] (sig). [You may need an updated Tcl/Tk install to run IDLE or use Tkinter, see note 2 for instructions.] "

 #2 " Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC Installer (2.7.6) for Mac OS X 10.3 and later [2] (sig). "

 Do I need to be concerned by note [2] about a TCL/Tk install? Thanks for any help!

Il Cucchiaio, another thanks to you for doing & sharing this. I'd seen your earlier post a bit up thread that you were going to try writing a script, and I'd thought to PM you but don't think I have PM ability. So I was super glad to see that you posted again after finishing the script.



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-Il Cucchiaio:
hathaway green, the Mac users up-thread who've successfully installed Python can probably advise you better on this than I can, but it looks like you probably want to download the 64-bit version and then download Active Tlc 8.5.15.0 from here. And I'm happy to have shared the scripts. I had actually initially planned to write a script that downloaded the entirety of the TWoP forums, but I quickly realized that it would take up too much time and space to download everything. I finished writing the subforums script a few weeks ago, but I didn't think think there was any interest in it around here, and I kind of forgot about it until I noticed that I had a private message from another poster about it. So anyway, I'm glad that there are a few people who've found it useful.
Edited by Il Cucchiaio, Yesterday, 10:23 PM.

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-LiteraTec:
hathaway green, I downloaded the first one: Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Installer (2.7.6) for Mac OS X 10.6 and later [2] (sig). Not sure about Tcl/Tk. Mac OS X 10.7 comes with Apple 8.5.9 and according to this site it may work fine as an alternative. Otherwise you'll need ActiveTcl 8.5.15.0. FYI, for anyone else running 10.6, it seems the older alternative that I have (Apple 8.5.7, which came with OS X 10.6) is notoriously buggy, which may be why I had some issues with IDLE freezing up. I'm gonna try installing ActiveTcl 8.5.15.0 and see if it helps.
 Edited by LiteraTec, Today, 12:44 AM.