source: interfaces/python/README.osx @ 27b39bf

Instructions to compile the python module on Mac OS X

Note: the following URLs to download from are given as examples only, you
should check the corresponding pages for newer versions

# install python 2.7 from python.org

  url: http://www.python.org/

  $ curl -O http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg

  $ open python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg

  follow the instructions

# install setuptools http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools

  url: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#files

  $ curl -O http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg

  $ [sudo] sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg

# install pip 

  url: http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

  $ curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py

  $ [sudo] python get-pip.py

# install Scipy superpack

  url: http://www.scipy.org/Download and http://fonnesbeck.github.com/ScipySuperpack/

  $ curl -O https://raw.github.com/fonnesbeck/ScipySuperpack/master/install_superpack.sh

  $ sh install_superpack.sh

# you should now be able to build the new python module

  make sure the variables are correct in the file build_osx before running it:

  $ ./build_osx