Asmi Ariv <asmia...@gmail.com> added the comment:
Thanks a lot for your reply! Much appreciated! Regards Asmi Ariv Data Science & Business Analytics Expert On Wed, 27 May, 2020, 8:42 am Ned Deily, <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > Ned Deily <n...@python.org> added the comment: > > Thanks for your report. Because of very low usage and the increasing > difficulty of supporting new features and bug fixes on very old versions of > macOS, like 10.6.x, we no longer provide binary installers on python.org > for macOS versions earlier than 10.9. On top of that, there was a specific > problem with using the last several 10.6+ installers on 10.6 itself, due to > changes in Apple packaging tools. This is the problem you are seeing and > was first reported and tracked in Issue36890. As noted there, there is a > link to a 3.7.4 installer that will work on macOS 10.6. However, we do not > recommend you use it as the most recent release of Python 3.7 is now 3.7.7 > with the final bugfix release of 3.7.x coming next month; Python 3.8.3 is > now current. > > Instead, if you expect to continue using 10.6 Snow Leopard, I would > strongly suggest you look at installing Python(s) from the MacPorts > project. They do an excellent job of providing up-to-date versions of open > source software, like Python, for multiple versions of macOS, including > 10.6. They have pre-built packages of the most recent versions of python37 > and python38 for 10.6. See > https://www.macports.org/install.php#installing for a link to their base > package installer for 10.6. You can then install Python with: > > sudo port selfupdate > sudo port install python37 > or > sudo port install python38 > > Many third-party Python packages have also been ported and pre-built. You > can search for them with: > > sudo port search py37 # (or py38) > > or on their website at https://ports.macports.org > > Good luck! > > ---------- > nosy: +ned.deily > resolution: -> duplicate > stage: -> resolved > status: open -> closed > superseder: -> python-3.7.3-macosx10.6.pkg verification error on macOS > 10.6 Snow Leopard > type: compile error -> > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> > <https://bugs.python.org/issue40776> > _______________________________________ > ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40776> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
