On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:01:07 -0700, Janet Heath wrote: > >> Thanks Alain. I should have a compiler on my Mac OS X Lion. I am >> thinking that it isn't set in my $PATH variable. I don't know where the >> $PATH is set at. I will check to see if their is a binary. > > At the command line, run: > > echo $PATH > > to see the path. > > I'm not sure where OS X sets the PATH, but Linux systems normally set > them in /etc/profile. User-customisations should go in a shell rc file, > e.g. if you are using bash, edit ~/.bashrc. > > To add additional paths to the PATH: > > export $PATH=$PATH:/some/directory:/another/directory > > > To replace the system path completely: > > export $PATH=/some/directory:/another/directory > > > > -- > Steven > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Jumping in here in an effort to be helpful… OS-X no longer uses a .bashrc file (although it will recognize it). The python path is set in ~/.profile -Bill -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
