On Mac OS X, do you use the shipped python or your own?
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On Tiger, I used a custom python installation to evaluate newer versions and I did not have any problems with that*. Now Snow Leopard is a little more up-to-date and by default ships with
$ ls /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.3 2.5 2.6 @Current
- What could be considered best practice? Using the python shipped with Mac OS X or a custom compiled version in, say
$HOME
. - Are there any advantages/disadvantages using the one option over the other?
My setup was fairly simple so far and looked like this: Custom compiled Python in $HOME
and a $PATH
that would look into $HOME/bin
first, and subsequently would use my private Python version. Also $PYTHONPATH
pointed to this local installation. This way, I did not need to sudo
–install packages - virtualenv took care of the rest.
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