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<h2 id=macosx>Installing on Mac OS X</h2>
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<p>FIXME
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<p>All modern Macintosh computers use the Intel chip (like most Windows PCs). Older Macs used PowerPC chips. You don’t need to understand the difference, because there’s just one Mac Python installer for all Macs.
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<p>Visit <a href=http://python.org/download/><code>python.org/download/</code></a> and download the Mac installer. It will be called something like <b>Python 3.1 Mac Installer Disk Image</b>, although the version number may vary. Be sure to download version 3.x, not 2.x.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-0-dmg-contents.png width=752 height=438 alt='[contents of Python installer disk image]'>
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<p>Your browser should automatically mount the disk image and open a Finder window to show you the contents. (If this doesn’t happen, you’ll need to find the disk image in your downloads folder and double-click to mount it. It will be named something like <code>python-3.1.dmg</code>.) The disk image contains a number of text files (<code>Build.txt</code>, <code>License.txt</code>, <code>ReadMe.txt</code>), and the actual installer package, <code>Python.mpkg</code>.
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<p>Double-click the <code>Python.mpkg</code> installer package to launch the Mac Python installer.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-1-welcome.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: welcome screen]'>
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<p>The first page of the installer gives a brief description of Python itself, then refers you to the <code>ReadMe.txt</code> file (which you didn’t read, did you?) for more details.
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<p>Click the <code>Continue</code> button to move along.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-2-information.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: information about supported architectures, disk space, and acceptable destination folders]'>
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<p>The next page actually contains some important information: Python requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later. If you are still running Mac OS X 10.2, you should really upgrade. Apple no longer provides security updates for your operating system, and your computer is probably at risk if you ever go online. Also, you can’t run Python 3.
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<p>Click the <code>Continue</code> button to advance.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-3-license.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: software license agreement]'>
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<p>Like all good installers, the Python installer displays the software license agreement. Python is open source, and its license is <a href=http://opensource.org/licenses/>approved by the Open Source Initiative</a>. Python has had a number of owners and sponsors throughout its history, each of which has left its mark on the software license. But the end result is this: Python is open source, and you may use it on any platform, for any purpose, without fee or obligation of reciprocity.
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<p>Click the <code>Continue</code> button once again.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-4-license-dialog.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: dialog to accept license agreement]'>
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<p>Due to quirks in the standard Apple installer framework, you must “agree” to the software license in order to complete the installation. Since Python is open source, you are really “agreeing” that the license is granting you additional rights, rather than taking them away.
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<p>Click the <code>Agree</code> button to continue.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-5-standard-install.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: standard install screen]'>
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<p>The next screen allows you to change your install location. You <strong>must</strong> install Python on your boot drive, but due to limitations of the installer, it does not enforce this. In truth, I have never had the need to change the install location.
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<p>From this screen, you can also customize the installation to exclude certain features. If you want to do this, click the <code>Customize</code> button; otherwise click the <code>Install</code> button.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-6-custom-install.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: custom install screen]'>
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<p>If you choose a Custom Install, the installer will present you with the following list of features:
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<ul>
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<li><b>Python Framework</b>. This is the guts of Python, and is both selected and disabled because it must be installed.
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<li><b>GUI Applications</b> includes IDLE, the graphical Python Shell which you will use throughout this book. I strongly recommend keeping this option selected.
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<li><b>UNIX command-line tools</b> includes the command-line <code>python3</code> application. I strongly recommend keeping this option, too.
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<li><b>Python Documentation</b> contains much of the information on <a href=http://docs.python.org/><code>docs.python.org</code></a>. Recommended if you are on dialup or have limited Internet access.
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<li><b>Shell profile updater</b> FIXME WTF is this?
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<li><b>Fix system Python</b> FIXME WTF is this too?
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</ul>
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<p>Click the <code>Install</code> button to continue.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-7-admin-password.png width=622 height=457 alt='[Python installer: dialog to enter administrative password]'>
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<p>Because it installs system-wide frameworks and binaries in <code>/usr/local/bin/</code>, the installer will ask you for an administrative password. There is no way to install Mac Python without administrator privileges. (FIXME really?)
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<p>Click the <code>OK</code> button to begin the installation.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-8-progress.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: progress meter]'>
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<p>The installer will display a progress meter while it installs the features you’ve selected.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-9-succeeded.png width=622 height=442 alt='[Python installer: install succeeded]'>
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<p>Assuming all went well, the installer will give you a big green checkmark to tell you that the installation completed successfully.
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<p>Click the <code>Close</code> button to exit the installer.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-install-10-application-folder.png width=488 height=482 alt='[contents of /Applications/Python 3.1/ folder]'>
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<p>Assuming you didn’t change the install location, you can find the newly installed files in the <code>Python 3.1</code> folder within your <code>/Applications</code> folder. The most important piece is <abbr>IDLE</abbr>, the graphical Python Shell.
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<p>Double-click <abbr>IDLE</abbr> to launch the Python Shell.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-interactive-shell.png width=522 height=538 alt='[Mac Python Shell, a graphical interactive shell for Python]'>
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<p>The Python Shell is where you will spend most of your time exploring Python. Examples throughout this book will assume that you can find your way into the Python Shell.
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<p class='ss nm'><img src=i/mac-pythonlauncher.png width=432 height=536 alt='[Python Launcher preferences window]'>
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</ol>
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<p>[Skip to <a href=#idle>using the Python Shell</a>]
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