| 1 | This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X
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| 2 | $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following architecture(s):
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| 3 | $ARCHITECTURES.
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| 4 |
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| 5 | **** IMPORTANT ****
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| 6 |
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| 7 | Installing on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later systems
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| 8 | ========================================================
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| 9 |
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| 10 | If you are attempting to install on an OS X 10.8+ system, you may
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| 11 | see a message that Python can't be installed because it is from an
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| 12 | unidentified developer. This is because this Python installer
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| 13 | package is not yet compatible with the Gatekeeper security feature
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| 14 | introduced in OS X 10.8. To allow Python to be installed, you
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| 15 | can override the Gatekeeper policy for this install. In the Finder,
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| 16 | instead of double-clicking, control-click or right click the "Python"
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| 17 | installer package icon. Then select "Open using ... Installer" from
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| 18 | the contextual menu that appears.
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| 19 |
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| 20 | **** IMPORTANT ****
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| 21 |
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| 22 | Update your version of Tcl/Tk to use IDLE or other Tk applications
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| 23 | ==================================================================
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| 24 |
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| 25 | To use IDLE or other programs that use the Tkinter graphical user
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| 26 | interface toolkit, you may need to install a newer third-party version
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| 27 | of the Tcl/Tk frameworks. Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/
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| 28 | for current information about supported and recommended versions of
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| 29 | Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and of Mac OS X.
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| 30 |
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| 31 |
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| 32 | Using this version of Python on OS X
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| 33 | ====================================
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| 34 |
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| 35 | Python consists of the Python programming language interpreter, plus
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| 36 | a set of programs to allow easy access to it for Mac users including
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| 37 | an integrated development environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built
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| 38 | extension modules that open up specific Macintosh technologies to
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| 39 | Python programs.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | The installer puts applications, an "Update Shell Profile" command,
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| 42 | and a link to the optionally installed Python Documentation into the
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| 43 | "Python $VERSION" subfolder of the system Applications folder,
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| 44 | and puts the underlying machinery into the folder
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| 45 | $PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can
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| 46 | optionally place links to the command-line tools in /usr/local/bin as
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| 47 | well. Double-click on the "Update Shell Profile" command to add the
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| 48 | "bin" directory inside the framework to your shell's search path.
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| 49 |
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| 50 | You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the
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| 51 | installer may not enforce this, otherwise things will not work.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | You can verify the integrity of the disk image file containing the
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| 54 | installer package and this ReadMe file by comparing its md5 checksum
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| 55 | and size with the values published on the release page linked at
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| 56 | http://www.python.org/download/
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| 57 |
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| 58 | Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk space,
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| 59 | ignore the message that it will take zero bytes.
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| 60 |
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| 61 | More information on Python in general can be found at
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| 62 | http://www.python.org.
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