Hi Matt, Yes, I use Mac all the time. You need to download the source code version, not the Mac binary version. Mac comes already with Python 2.5 (although the version that ships with Leopard is buggy and lacks a working bsddb module) so you should not need anything else but the GoogleLauncher.
Massimo On Mar 13, 9:34 am, mattynoce <mattyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all. i'm trying to get web2py to work through the google app engine > on a mac, and i'm having some difficulty. > > see this thread for > details:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/e58c2fa321... > > the instructions for the google app engine for a pc are pretty simple > -- unpack gae and web2py, and drop the web2py folder into the gae > folder and go. > > however, on a mac, the web2py app does not put the applications in a > separate folder (like the documents or sites folders) -- it creates an > application bundle (web2py.app) and stores the files inside there. so > for example, if you have an app named "myapp," it lives at: > /Applications/web2py.app/Contents/Resources/applications/myapp > > this is not a folder you can access in the gui (so far as i know), > just through the terminal. so i can't drop the folder into the gae app > (http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2008/05/app-engine-launcher-for-mac-os- > x.html) because it's not a real folder. > > has anyone successfully done this? if so, could you post directions? > > and also, for what it's worth, i'll +1 konrad's suggestion to take > user data out of the app bundle -- on a mac, you upgrade an app by > dragging the new one over the old one. in the current state, that > would erase all the data you had. > > thanks, > > matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
