Re: installing PythonCard on Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, etc.

> I tried installing PythonCard 0.8.2 on a new Mac OS X Lion machine and ran
> into an old problem. The solution (update a method in util.py) was posted
> on this list back in July 2009, but I thought I would recap what to do if
> you want to run PythonCard on a Mac today. If you follow the instructions
> and still have a problem, please respond to this message. This is mostly a
> recap of the existing install directions on the main PythonCard site, but
> with updated Python and wxPython links.
>
> I downloaded Python 2.7.3 universal...
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg
> wxPython...
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.1-universal-py2.7.dmg
> and PythonCard...
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pythoncard/PythonCard-0.8.2.tar.gz
>
> I ran Python.mpkg after mounting the Python disk image.
>
> I verified that Python was installed correctly by opening the Terminal
> application and typing python at the command-prompt:
>
> My-MacBook-Air:~ nobody$ python
> Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr  9 2012, 20:52:43)
> [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
> Type Control-d to exit Python.
>
> I ran the wxPython pkg after mounting the wxPython disk image.
>
> Double-clicking on PythonCard-0.8.2.tar.gz decompressed PythonCard-0.8.2
> folder into the downloads folder. Then with the Terminal window still open
> I switched to the directory and ran the installer. If you downloaded
> PythonCard to a different directory, then use that directory instead of
> Downloads.
>
> cd ~/Downloads/PythonCard-0.8.2
> sudo python setup.py install
>
> You'll be prompted to type your password.
>
> After you have PythonCard installed, it will be necessary to make a
> modification to the file util.py located at
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PythonCard/util.py
>

I opened this file in BBEdit and it has 420 lines of code.


> In util.py, change the following method to simplify the bundlebuilder
> check rather than having it checking for specific versions of MacPython...
>
> def main_is_frozen():
>     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
>         # this is a temporary hack for bundlebuilder
>         return not (sys.executable.endswith('Resources/Python.app/
> Contents/MacOS/Python'))
>     else:
>         return (hasattr(sys, "frozen") or # new py2exe, McMillan
>                 hasattr(sys, "importers") # old py2exe
>                 or imp.is_frozen("__main__")) # tools/freeze, cx_freeze
>

Does this code replace the block of lines 14 through 23?

> That was the only change I had to make to get the samples, resourceEditor,
> codeEditor, etc. to run on OS X Lion 10.7.4 using Python 2.7.3 universal
> and wxPython 2.8.12.1 unicode and PythonCard 0.8.2 downloaded from
> SourceForge.
>
> Since I installed the universal version of Python, it is necessary to
> specify to use the 32-bit version of python since the version of wxPython
> is limited to running in 32-bit mode because it uses the Carbon API. I'm
> not recommending installing the 32-bit version of Python because I don't
> think it supports OS X 10.7 (Lion).
>
> In Python Launcher specify /usr/local/bin/python-32 or
> /usr/local/bin/pythonw-32 for running scripts. From the terminal just type
> python-32 where you would have typed python for running from the
> command-line. For some reason, Python Launcher stays open after launching
> scripts. I don't know if that is a OS X Lion bug or something else that
> I've missed. I don't have that problem on my Snow Leopard boxes.
>
> Finally, as far as I can tell, there is no way to get Run or Run with
> interpreter menu items in the resourceEditor and codeEditor to work with
> the current universal build of Python and wxPython. The error message says
> there is 'no matching architecture in universal wrapper'. I'm guessing
> that if you install a 32-bit version of Python and wxPython that problem
> would go away. Instead, just run scripts from the terminal or Finder.
>
> ka
>

Thank you for help, Ivan

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