New to Mac Platform, Trying to get back to default python install

Question

Hi Everyone,

I've been trying to follow this blog post to get my python version back to the snow leopard default. I have followed the first two steps without a problem but am lost when it comes to 3 and 4. I installed Python 2.6.4 but I assume the instructions are pretty similar. Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Step 3:

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/python

Step 4:

ls ~/.bash_profile.pysave

If the file exists:

rm ~/.bash_profile && mv ~/.bash_profile.pysave ~/.bash_profile

You will probably want to close your shell / Terminal and open a new one at this point. Run Python and see what it tells you.

Answer 2

Hi Jon,

Please be aware that Snow Leopard ships with a buggy IDLE. You will not be able to create a new document with it. If you will use another editor, it may not bother you. I a working with the following version:

Python 2.6.4 (r264:75821M, Oct 27 2009, 19:48:32)