@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ will have to do the work yourself if you really want this.
4848
4949A second reason for using frameworks is that they put Python-related items in
5050only two places: "/Library/Framework/Python.framework" and
51- "/Applications/MacPython 2.6". This simplifies matters for users installing
51+ "/Applications/MacPython <VERSION>" where ``<VERSION>`` can be e.g. "2.6",
52+ "3.1", etc.. This simplifies matters for users installing
5253Python from a binary distribution if they want to get rid of it again. Moreover,
5354due to the way frameworks work a user without admin privileges can install a
5455binary distribution in his or her home directory without recompilation.
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ PyObjC.
7576
7677This directory contains a Makefile that will create a couple of python-related
7778applications (fullblown OSX .app applications, that is) in
78- "/Applications/MacPython 2.6 ", and a hidden helper application Python.app
79+ "/Applications/MacPython <VERSION> ", and a hidden helper application Python.app
7980inside the Python.framework, and unix tools "python" and "pythonw" into
8081/usr/local/bin. In addition it has a target "installmacsubtree" that installs
8182the relevant portions of the Mac subtree into the Python.framework.
@@ -90,24 +91,25 @@ in the sequence
9091 3. make install
9192
9293This sequence will put the framework in /Library/Framework/Python.framework,
93- the applications in "/Applications/MacPython 2.6 " and the unix tools in
94+ the applications in "/Applications/MacPython <VERSION> " and the unix tools in
9495/usr/local/bin.
9596
9697Installing in another place, for instance $HOME/Library/Frameworks if you have
9798no admin privileges on your machine, has only been tested very lightly. This
9899can be done by configuring with --enable-framework=$HOME/Library/Frameworks.
99- The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-2.6 " and /usr/local/bin,
100- will then also be deposited in $HOME. This is sub-optimal for the unix tools,
101- which you would want in $HOME/bin, but there is no easy way to fix this right
102- now.
100+ The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-<VERSION> " and
101+ /usr/local/bin, will then also be deposited in $HOME. This is sub-optimal for
102+ the unix tools, which you would want in $HOME/bin, but there is no easy way to
103+ fix this right now.
103104
104105If you want to install some part, but not all, read the main Makefile. The
105106frameworkinstall is composed of a couple of sub-targets that install the
106107framework itself, the Mac subtree, the applications and the unix tools.
107108
108109There is an extra target frameworkinstallextras that is not part of the
109110normal frameworkinstall which installs the Demo and Tools directories
110- into "/Applications/MacPython 2.6", this is useful for binary distributions.
111+ into "/Applications/MacPython <VERSION>", this is useful for binary
112+ distributions.
111113
112114What do all these programs do?
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