Thank you all! Now I feel foolish because it was so easy. I'm used to the Ubuntu way of installing things so I didn't know I could just do all of this by installing easy_install and using that to install twisted (and whatever else strikes my fancy). It works like a charm :)
-Eric On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Russell E. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > In article > <[email protected]<aanlktikqm8_dj_pkk0%[email protected]> > >, > Eric Dennison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am planning to teach a Python/Pygame workshop in which students will be > > (mostly) using Apple hardware and OSX in various flavors. The > installation > > of Python 2.6 and Pygame runs smoothly but I hit a wall when trying to > > download/install Twisted because no dmg installers are being built now > that > > Twisted is pre-installed on the system Python. Since I don't wish to use > the > > (relatively old) system Python, I would like to figure out how to install > > Twisted into my Python 2.6 installs. > > > > I have had success with building and installing Twisted from sources, but > > this is not a viable solution for installing to 20 different machines. > > > > I have also had success with simply copying Twisted/Zope/SSL directories > > from the system Python to Python2.6, but I can't help feeling like this > is > > going to come back to haunt me later :) > > > > Does anyone have experience with this dilemma or any suggestions for me? > I > > am not experienced with OSX, so there may be some obvious things that I > > simply don't know about. > > > > TIA -Eric > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > Twisted-Python mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > > One option is to use bdist_mpkg to make your own binary installer. it is > easy to use. Instead of the usual install-from-source sequend: > python setup.py build > python setup.py install > you do this: > bdist_mpkg > the result is a binary installer. I have not tried it with Twisted but > it's well worth a try. > > bdist_mpkg can be installed using easy_install > > -- Russell > > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > [email protected] > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python >
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