On May 28, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote:
> webmas...@python.org just got some mail from some poor embarrased > soul who ran this program and broke their Python install. > > They are running Mac OSX 10.7.5 > > They are getting: > > Utility has encountered a fatal error, and will now terminate. A > Python runtime could not be located. You may need to install a > framework build of Python or edit the PyRuntimeLocations array in this > applications info.plist file. Then there are two oblong circles. One > says Open Console. The other says Terminate. > > So https://docs.python.org/2/using/mac.html says: > > The Apple-provided build of Python is installed in > /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework and /usr/bin/python, > respectively. You should never modify or delete these, as they are > Apple-controlled and are used by Apple- or third-party software. > > So, I assume this poor soul has done precisely that. > > What do I tell her to do now? Does she have a recent Time Machine backup that she can restore from? Otherwise the solutions are all fairly painful: 1) Install Python 2.7 from scratch (easy). Then figure out where to put symlinks that point back to the install (mildly annoying/hard). Note that Python 3 won't work; none of the built-in scripts expect it. 2) OS X recovery - http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-reinstall-mac-os-x-using-internet-recovery-3593641/ I've never had to do that, so I have no idea how easy/reliable it is. I **think** its supposed to save all the data on the drive, but again, I've not done this, so I can't make any guarantees. 3) Wipe it clean and reinstall from scratch. Honestly, I hope she has a time machine backup. I've had to do recoveries a couple of times, and it can really save you. Good luck, Cem Karan -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
