macOS ActiveState Python install

[markjewiss]

Hi there,

Has anyone got experience of sing ActiveState Python on OS X? I've downloaded the pre-built binaries from their web site, and have installed Python without problems, and it works fine. *But* I want to be able to install it into it's own unique location, not in the default. I saw an instruction about manually installing from the command line and specifying a target parameter, but that didn't seem to work...

Thanks,

Mark.

 

[trentm]

cannot change install dir on Mac OS X

Hi Mark,

The ActivePython build for Mac OS X (just like the Python build for Mac OS X from python.org) is a framework install -- i.e. it is built to fit in with the Mac OS X system for frameworks. This puts a restriction on where it can be installed.

It may be possible to install Frameworks to a user-specific location like "~/Library/Frameworks", but I haven't seen this before and ActivePython doesn't currently support that.

Cheers,
Trent
(I am the ActivePython lead at ActiveState.)

 

[markjewiss]

Hi Mark,

It may be possible to install Frameworks to a user-specific location like "~/Library/Frameworks", but I haven't seen this before and ActivePython doesn't currently support that.

Trent,

Thanks for the info - the above is exactly what I was looking to do. I work for a software development organisation and we ship a bunch of third party products to help ours run - the main one is ActivePython (oh, we've got an active distribution deal, PM me for further details). All the 3rd party stuff goes into a directory within our installation to keep things nice and tidy.

We don't support OS X yet with the product, and honestly doubt that we will do for some time - our customer base is using either Solaris or RHEL, with a little bit of Windows thrown in for fun. But I've been getting the product to work on my MBP just for fun - as it's Python it was pretty easy to make it happen, I just wanted a 'tidy' set of 3rd part software as per our other supported platforms.

Thanks for the help.

Mark.