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Make the example paths in Mac/README no longer directly refer to 2.6.
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A second reason for using frameworks is that they put Python-related items in
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only two places: "/Library/Framework/Python.framework" and
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"/Applications/MacPython 2.6". This simplifies matters for users installing
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"/Applications/MacPython <VERSION>" where ``<VERSION>`` can be e.g. "2.6",
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"3.1", etc.. This simplifies matters for users installing
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Python from a binary distribution if they want to get rid of it again. Moreover,
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due to the way frameworks work a user without admin privileges can install a
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binary distribution in his or her home directory without recompilation.
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This directory contains a Makefile that will create a couple of python-related
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applications (fullblown OSX .app applications, that is) in
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"/Applications/MacPython 2.6", and a hidden helper application Python.app
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"/Applications/MacPython <VERSION>", and a hidden helper application Python.app
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inside the Python.framework, and unix tools "python" and "pythonw" into
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/usr/local/bin. In addition it has a target "installmacsubtree" that installs
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the relevant portions of the Mac subtree into the Python.framework.
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3. make install
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This sequence will put the framework in /Library/Framework/Python.framework,
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the applications in "/Applications/MacPython 2.6" and the unix tools in
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the applications in "/Applications/MacPython <VERSION>" and the unix tools in
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/usr/local/bin.
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Installing in another place, for instance $HOME/Library/Frameworks if you have
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no admin privileges on your machine, has only been tested very lightly. This
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can be done by configuring with --enable-framework=$HOME/Library/Frameworks.
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The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-2.6" and /usr/local/bin,
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will then also be deposited in $HOME. This is sub-optimal for the unix tools,
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which you would want in $HOME/bin, but there is no easy way to fix this right
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now.
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The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-<VERSION>" and
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/usr/local/bin, will then also be deposited in $HOME. This is sub-optimal for
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the unix tools, which you would want in $HOME/bin, but there is no easy way to
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fix this right now.
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If you want to install some part, but not all, read the main Makefile. The
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frameworkinstall is composed of a couple of sub-targets that install the
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framework itself, the Mac subtree, the applications and the unix tools.
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There is an extra target frameworkinstallextras that is not part of the
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normal frameworkinstall which installs the Demo and Tools directories
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into "/Applications/MacPython 2.6", this is useful for binary distributions.
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into "/Applications/MacPython <VERSION>", this is useful for binary
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distributions.
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What do all these programs do?
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