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This is not a pybox2d issue. See the note
[http://code.google.com/p/pybox2d/wiki/Installer#OS_X here] for one. I'm not
sure of the packaged version of Python with OSX 10.6.6, but with older versions
of OSX the community recommendation (as from
[http://www.python.org/download/mac/ here]) has always been to install the
official versions from the Python site.
If you, or anyone, can tell me how to target the System Python versions, I
would be happy to make installers for the next release. Even then, I don't
think Pygame and other graphics libraries would work with it.
Original comment by sir...@gmail.com
on 11 Mar 2011 at 12:38
if the osx installers don't serve the most common need then they probably
shouldn't be in the list of downloads. also you might want to make the first
sentence of the os x installer help section recommend using easy_install. i was
confused by the term "official installer" since an installer provided by a
package seems official.
Original comment by comedayb...@gmail.com
on 11 Mar 2011 at 12:55
If they shouldn't be in the list of downloads, where should they be? Do you
suggest I just not target OS X? Is it my fault that the fairly standard mpkg by
way of setuptools does not use System Python?
The 'official installer' does not refer to pybox2d. It refers to Python.
Original comment by sir...@gmail.com
on 11 Mar 2011 at 1:07
all i'm saying is that installation was confusing and problematic for me. and
for these reasons:
1. "easy_install pybox2d" didn't work because the project name is different
than the install name.
2. the most promising looking downloadable installer didn't work.
3. the OSX section of the pybox2d help page confusingly talked about that
non-working installer instead of first saying "on mac, install with:
easy_install box2d". then it might say "if your situation is such-and-such,
consider using the mpkg installer."
Original comment by comedayb...@gmail.com
on 11 Mar 2011 at 1:26
Well, thank you for breaking it down. I will modify the documentation to
attempt to be more clear.
Please bear in mind these things:
1. I am a one person 'team', working on this project because (sometimes) I find
it fun and satisfying.
2. It is very difficult to support 3 platforms and several versions of Python
when your library is not pure Python -- especially when you have limited access
to some of those platforms.
3. One of two (likely both) of your issues were previously reported. I can't
completely fault you for that, because I've done it myself before. But please
do consider the previous points when posting further issues for this (or other
projects). A little bit of work on the users' behalf can save a great deal of
time for the developer.
The downloads have not been updated for a long time -- I realize that. I've
been trying to work toward a release of a new version for a long time now.
Original comment by sir...@gmail.com
on 11 Mar 2011 at 1:43
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
comedayb...@gmail.com
on 11 Mar 2011 at 12:24